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Rotherhithe 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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Trinity Union Wharf.
An application having been made by Mr. John Hollway for permission to use the
right of way (at present unused) adjoining his premises, Trinity union wharf, .50;) to 309
Rotherhithe Street, for the loading of vans from the new jetty being constructed in connection
with the Wharf.
The Vestry Resolved—To grant the application upon Mr. Hollway paying a rent of £10
per annum, to his paying for the necessary pitching of the roadway by the Vestry, and to
the erection of gates thereon by the Vestry at his expense, subject however to any rights
the Vestry and the public might have over the said right of way.
On 24th September, 1895, the Vestry had before them a letter from Mr. Hollway,
expressing his willingness to pay £10 per annum for the use of the right of way, and
asking to be allowed at his own expense to pave the roadway with the necessary pitching, the
same to be done to the satisfaction of the Vestry.
Resolved—That the request of Mr. Hollway be complied with.
Burt, Boulton and Haywood's Wharf.
On the 3rd September, 1895, the Vestry bad before them a letter from Messrs. Burt,
Boulton and Haywood, 299 Rotherhithe Street, complaining of the loss of the lock of the
upper 10 ft. way next their Wharf, whereby persons trespassed upon their premises and
damaged their goods.
The Surveyor was instructed to have a new lock fixed upon the gate of the right of
way in question.
Globe Stairs.
On 2nd April, 1895, the Surveyor reported that the piling and sheeting forming the
river wall at Globe Stairs having given way and the concrete been displaced by the action of the
tide, it would be necessary to drive two new piles in front of the old ones and re-sheet behind
the same, tilling in with concrete between the back of the sheeting and the existing ground,