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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from the owners of property and up-cast shaft ventilations erected in lieu theieof by the
County Council at the following places
654, Rotherhithe Street.
622, Rotherhithe Street.
Nelson Dock.
Lavender Wharf.
A similar complaint was received as regards theVestry's sewer in Neptune Court, and
an up-cast ventilator was erected at a cost of £'.2 13s. 4d.
Gullies.
The gullies now number 820, being an increase of 2 during the year; they have been
regularly cleansed upon the same principle as previously reported. 858 cubic yards of
deposit have been removed from them and a horse and cart has been engaged flushing them
out on 73½ days, using 937 loads or 234,250 gallons of water.
The new gullies have been inserted as follows:—
Tiger Bay 1
Yeoman Street 1
Fourteen of the existing gullies have been found with broken traps, and have had new
stoneware ones inserted, surrounded with concrete, in the streets as detailed below:—
Trinity Road 1
Clack Street 1
Abbeyfield Road 1
Ilderton Road 2
Rotherhithe Street 1
Oldfield Road 1
Beatson Street 2
Tissington Street 1
Parfitt Road 1
Dilston Grove 1
Trinity Road 1
Swan Lane 1
Thirteen new gully grates to replace worn out and broken ones have been fixed as
follows:—
St. Marychurch Street 1
Lower Road 1
Rotherhithe Street 1
Cranham Road 2
Litlington Street 1
Odessa Street 1
Silver Street 1
Galleywall Road 2
Neptune Street 1
Suffolk Street 1
Debnams Road 1