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 St. Saviour's]
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square in each case, not less than the headways and spans hereinafter
mentioned (that is to say)—
Parish
Name of Road.
No on
deposited
plan.
Headway
Span at
right angles to
Road
Widening No 1.
St. Saviour's South wark.
Stoney Street
2
24 6
30 0
Church St. or York St.
20
23 0
40 0
Green Dragon Court
28
23 6
25 0
(Borough) High St.
24
Underside of
new bridge to
he level with
underside of
existing bdg.
Same as span
of existing
bridge.
Widening No. 2.
Stoney Street
4
24 6
30 0
Widening No. 3.
Green Dragon Court
8
23 6
25 0
(Borough) High St.
11
Underside of
new bridge to
be level with
underside of
existing bdg.
same as span
of existing
bridge.
" (3) All bridges, widenings, and works, constructed as
aforesaid, shall be of the same construction and character
as the existing bridge which they extend and
they shall be made and maintained so as to prevent, as
far as is practicable, the dripping of water therefrom on
any part of any street or road, footway, area or forecourt,
and so as to deaden, so far as is practicable, the sound of
engines, carriages, and traffic passing over them.
" Section 9.—Except where inconsistent with the enactments in
this Act contained for the protection of the London County
Council, the following provisions for the protection of the Board
of Works for the St. Saviour's District (in this section called
the 'St. Saviour's Board') shall have effect with respect to
such part of the widening and works as arc to be constructed
and made, and such of the powers of the Company as are to be
exercised within the said district (that is to say)—
" (1) The Company shall not commence the construction of any
of the before-mentioned widenings, nor shall they breakup
or disturb any road, street or place under the control
or jurisdiction of the St. Saviour's Board, until they shall
have given twenty-one days' notice in writing of their intention
to commence the same; specifying the nature of the
work to be done and the street intended to be broken-up and
disturbed, to the surveyor of the St. Saviour's Board, and