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Rotherhithe 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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Messrs. Gabriel and Sons, and which they found apparently slightly undermined by water
flowing under the paving stones and through the joints coming from Messrs. Gabriel's
premises, but which apart from that-required repaving for a distance of about 150 feet.
Resolved, upon the recommendation of the Committee—That the Surveyor he instructed
to relay the paving and reset the kerb as required at an estimated cost of £14, at the
expense of the Vestry, the damage done by the water referred to not being great enough to
warrant a charge being made in respect thereto, taking into consideration the general
condition of the paving.
St. Helena Road and Rotherhithe New Road.
The sett crossing at the junction of St. Helena Road and Rotherhithe Now Road being
in a bad state of repair, the Vestry, on the 1st October, 1895, instructed the Surveyor to
relay the same with new stones upon a foundation of concrete at an estimated cost of £40.
Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
Fines, etc.
On 2nd July, 1895, the Vestry had before them a letter from the Solicitor to the
London County Council, notifying the fact of convictions having been obtained by the
Council under Sec. 19 of the Act, for breaches of the by-laws regulating the business of
a manure manufacturer, and stating that the penalties imposed,—£55,—were payable under
Sec. 119 of the Act to the Vestry as the Sanitary Authority upon application to the Police
Court.
Hospital Accommodation for Cases of Infectious Diseases.
On l6th July, 1895, the Vestry had before them a circular letter from the Clerk to the
Metropolitan Asylums Board, dated 11th July, 1895, as under;-