Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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Slipper's Place and Moreton Terrace.
Notice having been received for the building and drainage of three houses at the corner
of Slippers Place and Moreton Terrace, showing the drainage to discharge into Slipper's
Place, and it being found upon examination that the Vestry had no sewer there, nor one
within 100 feet, the nearest being a 9 inch pipe inside or close to Park fence at the bottom
of Moreton Terrace, which if extended to take in this property would be no further us»,
it was
Resolved—To extend the 12 inch pipe which had recently been constructed from Union
Road to opposite No. 510, Southwark Park Road, for about GO yards, so as to take in the
property, at an estimated further cost of £65.
Southwark Park Road,
A notice having been received to drain a stable at 510, Southwark Park Road, the
outlet being shown into Arica Place, Prospect Street, and the Surveyor reporting that there
was no sewer in Arica Place other than a 9 inch pipe taking a gully half-way along the
place, and that there was no sewer in Southwark Park Road opposite the property, and
that to drain the stable as shown, and take the sewer to the boundary of the property, would
require about 40 yards of 9 inch pipe with a man-hole in Prospect Street, and a flushing
shaft or ventilator at one end, the matter was referred to the Sanitary Committee for
consideration and report, and on 16th April, 1895, they reported as under:—
"With reference to the notice received by the Surveyor to drain a stable at 510, Southwark
Park Road, it appears the Vestry have no sewer in Arica Place other than a inch pipe taking a
gully placed halfway along the place continuing to near the top where it is only - foot 2 inches deep,
and contains 6 inches of silt, and which pipe has been examined and found to be very irregular in
line and level, and that to drain the stable as shown (there being no sewer in Southwark Park
Road opposite the property), about 40 yards of 9 inch pipe with a man-hole in Prospect Street
and a flushing shaft or ventilator at the top, would he required, so as to bring the existing sewer
in Arica Place to the boundary of the property; that having inspected the property they were of
opinion that as the extension of the 9 inch pipe in Arica Place as mentioned would be of no