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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Rotherhithe 1894
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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The following table shows the area disturbed and the amounts received for their
repair:—
The cost of the street watering amounted to £329 8s. Id., and is divided as follows
| d. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Horse hire and drivers | 214 | 12 | 0 |
| Labour (pumpers) | 114 | 15 | 7 |
| £329 | 8 | 1 |
Amounts.
£
8.
d.
Water Company ......
154
10
1
Gas Company (Measurements) ....
617
2
1
Do. (Time) 895 hours Breaking Concrete . ,
24
5
1
Do. 162$ yds. Surplus Earth to Tip
20
6
3
Do. Repairs to Gullies ....
15
13
9
Electric Light Company .....
12
0
10
Kent Water Company .....
15
3
11
.£859
2
0
Street Name Plates.
Thirty-three cast iron name plates with raised letters have been fixed at a cost of
£7 5s. This kind of name plate is an improvement on any previously fixed in the parish,
as it cannot be damaged by mischievous boys throwing missiles at it.
Tree Guards.
Eighteen new Tree Guards have been fixed around the trees upon the Mill Pond site,
and along the Southwark Park Road. A further number should be renewed during the
current year, so as to gradually abolish the defective and badly constructed guards.