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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The Committee also submitted the following list of proposed new furniture:—
Ground Floor—
Surveyor's Private Room—Surveyor's table and drawers, centre table with pedestals, four
chairs and one writing chair, chest of drawers, cupboard with pigeon holes, linoleum floor
cover and square of Brussels carpet, fender and fireirons, and coal-box.
Surveyor's Cleric's Office—Surveyor's table and drawers, two office stools, chest of drawers,
linoleum, fender and fireirons, and coal-box. Four lobbies: linoleum and oak bench to each.
Medical Officer and Sanitary Inspectors' Private Room—One table with pedestal, four
chairs and one writing chair, book-case and sample cupboard, linoleum, rugs, fender and
fireirons.
Sanitary Officers' Office—Clerks' high desk for two clerks, two office stools, four chairs,
linoleum, fender and fireirons, coal-box, and two tables with slopes.
Overseers' and Vestry Committee Room—Committee table for twelve members, twelve
chairs, chairman's chair, linoleum, square of carpet, fender and fireirons, and coal-box.
Overseers' Cleric's Office—Writing-table on legs, three chairs, fender and fireirons, coalbox,
and linoleum.
Vestry Clerics Private Office—Book-case, cupboard, linoleum, square of carpet, fender and
fireirons, coal-box, double writing-desk, six chairs, and two writing chairs.
Vestry Cleric's Clerics' Office—Clerks' high desk for four clerks, four stools, two chairs,
fender, fireirons and coal-box, and linoleum.
First Floor—
Vestry Hall—Twenty-seven armchairs and twenty-seven desks for same, not to exceed
£4 each, chairman's table large enough for chairman and six others, with drawers, platform
for table, chairman's chair and six others, reporters' table and chairs, two sets of fireirons in
wrought iron, carpet over the whole floor, leaving a margin of two feet all round room, and on
platform, and new clock in oak case not to exceed £10, to be placed on chimney-piece, the
same to be detachable.
Committee Boom, also arranged for Coroner's Churl—Committee table for seventeen,
sixteen oak chairs, chairman's chair, fender and fireirons, square of carpet, railing for public
witness box, and coal-box.
Waiting Room—Small centre table and four chairs.