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Rotherhithe 1894

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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Dust Pails.
250 Dust Pails were ordered of and supplied by Mr. P. Round of Lye, near Stourbridge,
at a cost of £24.
Lake, Southwark Park.
Attention having been called to the condition of the Lake in Southwark Park, the matter
was referred to the London County Council, who promised to give same their attention.
Mansion House Council Complaints.
Complaints in respect to Sanitary defects at the following premises were received from
the Mansion House Council on the Dwellings of the Poor :—
24, Fulford street,
34, Dilston Grove,
124a, Lower Road,
126a, Lower Road,
128, Lower Road.
Notices were served upon the Owners thereof and the nuisance in each case was abated.
Baker's Rents,
These premises, which had been closed some years, having been found in a dangerous
and dilapidated condition, the matter was reported to the London County Council, who
demolished the said premises as dangerous structures.
1 to 5, Gooch Place.
On inspection, the above premises were found to be in such a bad sanitary condition that
they were referred to the Medical Officer of Health to deal with under the Housing of the
Working Classes Act, 1890.