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Rotherhithe 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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Resolved- (Mr. F.T. Talbot: Mr. Vice-Chairman Bisley)—That the Surveyor be
instructed to proceed with the preparation of the plans for the necseeary Dust Destructor
Buildings, Contract, No. 3.
On 19th January, 1897, the Vestry Resolved- That the Surveyor be and he is hereby
instructed to arrange with the Gas and Water Cos. for the laying on of gas and water to the
Wharf and Buildings, and to purchase and erect upon the Wharf a 3-stall Iron Urinal with
enamel slabs.
Foreshore.
On 6th September. 1896, the Bull Head Dock Works Committee reported having
inpected the chalk bed of the foreshore at Bull Head Dock, extending about 20-ft from face
line of Dock Wall, which was being gradually swept away by the action of the tide.
Resolved- That the Surveyor be and be is hereby authorised to extend the chalk bed
an additional distance of 30-ft., and take the necessary steps to obtain the consent of the
Thames Conservancy for the purpose.
On 5th November. 1896, the Surveyor reported thai, as instructed, he had applied for
and obtained the permission of the Thames Conservancy to extend the barge bed along the
foreshore at the Depot.
Crane.
Which, with the ??? had been referred to Messrs. ??? and ??? in ???
with the ???, and ??? 1/7 ???

On the 21st July, the Bull Head Dock Works Committee report of seven ??? for t he supply of a Crane for the Wharf:-

£
1. Grafton & Co., Vulean Works, Bedford300
2. Bedford Engineering Co.355
3. J.H. Wilson & Co., Liverpool375
4. ??? & Appleby Bros., Ltd Lewisham and London300
5. A. Chaplin & Co., Govan, Glasgow395
6. ??? Stanningly375
7. ??? & Pitt, Ltd., Bath355