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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Rotherhithe 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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Street Watering.
The number of standposts remain the same as last year, but the position of the one
at the corner of Bush Road has been altered slightly to suit the new kerb line.
The total cost of street watering amounted to £471 7s. 7d., and is divided as follows: —
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standposts. | Tradesmen's Accounts | 2 | 3 | 9 | |||
| Altering position Bush Road | 10 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Vestry Employees | 4 | 4 | 10 | ||||
| 17 | 7 | ||||||
| Pumps. | Tradesmen's Accounts | 1 | 18 | 6 | |||
| Vestry Employees | 0 | 11 | 8 | ||||
| 2 | 10 | 2 | |||||
| Horse Hire and Dr'ivers | 277 | 17 | 9 | ||||
| Labour | 14 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Water from Posts and Rents (proportion) | 119 | 14 | 4 | ||||
| Kent Company (proportion) | 40 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| £471 | 7 | 7 | |||||
707½ horses and drivers were hired for the watering; the quantity of water used for
this purpose I estimate at 3,232,000 gallons. Previous to the commencement of the season
the vans were overhauled and repaired at a cost of £27 7s. 6d., and sundry repairs
were executed during the season amounting to £11 4s.
Urinals.
No additional urinal has been erected during the year, but the one at the junction of
Southwark Park Road and Union Road, hitherto in conjunction with the one at the
junction of Southwark Park Road and Galleywall Road, jointly maintained by the Vestries
of Bermondsey and Rothernithe, has been maintained by us, making the number 12,
with accommodation for 48 persons at one time.