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Rotherhithe 1894
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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"Warrior," Lower Road
" Commercial Dock Tavern," Plough Road
" Ship York " Rotherhithe Street
" Ship and Whale," Derrick Street
" White Horse," Rotherhithe Street
" Horns," Rotherhithe Street
" Noah's Ark," Rotherhithe Street
Beerhouse, Kenning Street, Swan Lane
Lighting.
At the commencement of the year the Public Lamps in the Parish numbered as
follows:—
Ordinary Street Lamps . 484
Sugg's Patent Lamps . 4
10-feet per hour Lamps . 2
Large Lanterns 4
494
Four additional lamps have been erected during the year in
the following places:—
Neptune Court 1
King's Stairs 1
Railway Avenue (urinal) 1
Adams Gardens 1
Total 498
Repair of Trenches.
From and after the 1st May of last year the repairs to the various trenches, opened In
the Companies under the powers of their respective Acts of Parliament, have been executed
by the employees of the Vestry.
Sixteen new gullies have been put in as follows:—
| Irwell Place | 4 | Randalls Rents . | 1 |
| Thetford Place . | 2 | Orange Place | 2 |
| Clarks Orchard . | 2 | Adams Gardens | 2 |
| Church Passage. | 1 | Hatteraick Street | 2 |
Gullies in the following streets have been found with broken traps and have had new
stoneware ones inserted, surrounded with concrete:—
| Parfitt Road | 1 |
| Albion Street | 4 |
| Cranham Road | 2 |
| Cow Lane | 1 |
| Trident Street | 1 |
| Lower Road | 2 |
| Clarence Street | 1 |
| Silver Street | 1 |
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