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Rotherhithe 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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Resolved—That the Directors be asked to bear the cost of paving inside the rails only,
and in that case the Yestry bear the cost of the remainder of the work, without prejudice,
however, to the Company's liability in the matter of maintenance both inside and outside
the rails.
This the Company agreed to do, and the Surveyor was instructed on 6th September, 1898,
to carry out the work.
Precepts.
Precepts for the undermentioned amounts have been made upon the Overseers of the Poor during the year :—
| £ | £ | £ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sewers. | Lighting. | Paving, &c. | Total. | |
| Half-year to 29th September, 1898 | 1,275 | 1,075 | 13,550 | 15,900 |
| Half-year to 25th March, 1899 | 1,400 | 1,100 | 13,700 | 16,200 |
| 2,675 | 2,175 | 27,250 | 32,100 |
Public Abattoirs.
On 20th December, 1898, the General Purposes and Works Committee reported with reference
to a letter from the Hon. Secretary, London Butchers' Trade Society, enclosing copy
petition of the Committee of the London Central Meat and Poultry Markets Association to the
London County Council, praying that the Council will take into consideration the representations
contained in such petition, and will refrain from taking any steps to establish public
slaughterhouses or to suppress private slaughterhouses; the letter from the Secretary, London
Chamber of Commerce, forwarding copy letter addressed by the Meat and Cattle Trade
Section of that Chamber to the London County Council in opposition to the abolition of private
slaughterhouses; and the letter from the Yestry Clerk of Clerkenwell, stating that that