[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe].

  • Rotherhithe (London, England). Parish Council.
Date:
1897
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    218 £ s. d. £ s. #] Brought forward 78 17 0 Water Supply and Rents of Meters Rotherhithe New Road and Bush Road 4 11 9 Lower and Hawkstone Roads 8 4 1 Halfway House, Rotherhithe New Road 8 18 11 Union and Lower Roads 14 3 1 Railway Avenue 9 12 5 Neptune Street 4 14 0 Rotherhithe Street, near Swan Lane (3 qrs.) 3 8 11 Derrick Street 11 5 10 Globe Street 6 5 0 Lavender Bridge 4 0 10 75 4 10 Repairs to urinals 10 15 9 Urinal brooms 0 17 6 £165 15 1 Average per urinal per annum, £147. Average cost per unit of accommodation per annum, £4 5s. The total quantity of water used as registered by the meters, 1,812,000 gallons. The urinals attached to twelve public houses in different parts of the Parish are also cleansed by the urinal man, as per the list given in my 1895 report. In addition to the above, two 6-stall urinals are maintained in Southwark Park Road by the Vestry of Bermondsey, at the joint expense of the two Vestries. Their maintenance last year amounting to £83 12s. 2d., of which amount the Vestry paid one-half, or £41 16s. 1d. Lighting. At the commencement of the year the Public Lamps in the Parish numbered as follows:— Ordinary Street Lamps 495 Sugg's Patent Lamps 4 10 ft. per hour Lamps 2 Large Lanterns 4 505