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St Saviour's (Southwark) 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Saviour's]

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District (in this Section called 'the District Board'), the following provisions
shall apply and have effect:—
1. There shall bo but one temporary shaft or opening in the Parish of
Saint Saviour,and such shaft or opening shall be constructed
and placed at the southern end of the premises of the London
and County Banking Corporation in the Borough High Street
and shall not bo of greater length than 100 feet (such measurement
to include the hoarding or other erection enclosing the
same), and shall be so constructed as not to hinder or obstruct
the traffic of the Borough High Street or of any other roads,
Streets or places more than may be absolutely necessary; and
the Company shall (unless the Company and the District Board
shall otherwise agree) at all times keep open and uninterrupted
for public traffic an aggregate clear width of 32 feet of roadway
and 18 feet of footway, and shall, at their own expense, shore up
and erect proper hoardings, so as to prevent such shaft or
opening from causing any danger to the traffic of the Borough
High Street or other streets and places in the vicinity thereof. °
2. The shaft or opening proposed to be constructed in the Borough
High Street as aforesaid shall not bo used or retained for a
longer period than fifteen months from the date of the commencement
of the work of constructing the shaft or opening; and at the
end of that period shall be filled up and discontinued by the Company.
If the Company commit a breach of any provision of this
Sub-section, they shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £10
for every day or part of a day during which such breach shall
continue.
3. The Company shall bo responsible for all damage or injury done
by them in tho construction, maintenance and user of the said
intended shaft or opening; and in the event of interference by
them with any pipes, sewers, drains, penstocks, gulleys, or other
things in connection therewith belonging to the District Board,
it shall be lawful for the Surveyor of the District Board, with
workmen and others, to enter and restore, either temporarily or
permanently, the said drainage works, and to charge the Company
with tho expense of so doing as hereinafter provided.
1. On the expiration of the said period for which the said shaft or
opening is authorised to be used, the Company shall fill in the
said shaft or opening in a proper and efficient manner, ramming
hard the ground in so doing, and shall complete the same and
restore tho surface of the street to tho satisfaction of the Surveyor
of tho District Board, and shall keep the same in repair to the
like satisfaction for tho space of twelve months from the date of
such restoration.
5. Immediately on tho expiration of the said period of fifteen months,
the Company shall take down and remove all fences, hoardings,
plant, utensils, implements and things erected or placed on or in
the vicinity of the said works; and, in default of their so
it shall be lawful for the said Surveyor to remove the same at tne
cost of tho Company.
6. The Company shall repay to the District Board all costs, inciured
by them in so doing, and in restoring, whether temporarilly
permanently, the said drainage works as aforesaid and in repaving