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de91dcea-fd8e-458b-a01b-51d3c5bc27e9 | On the 18th June a further communication was addressed to the Council upon the subject, but the Vestry can only again express their extreme regret that the Council did not consider the question of improving these thoroughfares of sufficient importance to justify action in the matter. New Bridge by the Royal Masonic Institution forGirls, Wandsworth Common. The contract with Messrs. M. T. Shaw & Co., for the construction of a bridge for vehicular traffic over the railways by the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls, Wandsworth Common, reference to which was made in the last annual report of the Vestry, was completed and the bridge thrown open to the public on the 23rd December. Action by the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls, relative to new Bridge. |
f007d8ca-64f1-46b5-be00-14fb51bf4bbd | During the construction of this bridge, a difference arose between the Vestry and the Governing Body of the Institution, as to the fixing of the face girder at the south-eastern corner of the bridge adjoining the schools, the House Committee of the Institution contending that the girder, if fixed as proposed, would prevent free access to the Institution. A writ of action was served upon the Vestry in the matter on the 9th September and on the nth September, an interim injunction was obtained restraining the Vestry from fixing the girder referred to. A specification and plan of works at the Lodge and entrance to the Institution which would, if executed by the Vestry, meet the objections raised by the House Committee, were received and considered by the Vestry on the 25th September. |
1e1b455d-770e-42d6-af11-22452f4dac95 | On the 2nd October the action for a continuance of the interim injunction came before Lord Justice Denman, who 24 intimated that, in his opinion, the case was one in which a compromise should be effected; but, as counsel stated they had no instructions which could form the basis of a settlement, the case was adjourned for hearing until Friday, 4th October. Meanwhile, negotiations were entered into with a view to a compromise, and, at a conference held on the 4th October, the following terms were agreed to, viz. |
6a5bc841-f6ce-404b-8392-34e7d94a1061 | :—The Vestry to pay the sum of £50 to the Institution, together with the costs incurred, upon condition that the School Authorities convey or grant perpetual license to the Vestry for the use of the piece of ground at the south-west abutment of the bridge, in order that the Vestry may build a pier thereon if necessary; also to allow the Vestry to have access to so much of their land as is necessary for the purpose of erecting such pier, and to forego all claims (if any) which they may have against the Vestry, on account of the raising of the levels of the roadway. An order was subsequently made by the Court which gave effect to these terms. Lombard Road and York Road Improvements. The Vestry having carried out the widening of Lombard Road at the junction with York Road, decided to dispose of the surplus land not required for the improvement by public tender. |
1c6aeb10-ef6c-456d-9ce4-7a26f74b5101 | The tenders received were, however, considered in connection with a communication from the London County Council, stating that the Council required a site in the Parish for the erection of an office for Weights and Measures, and enquiring upon what terms the Vestry would be prepared to sell the land in question for that purpose ; negotiations were subsequently commenced with the Council which will doubtless lead to the purchase of the land by that body as a site for an office for Weights and Measures. Lombard Road, further improvement. The Vestry considered the question of the further improvement of Lombard Road by continuing that thoroughfare through the grounds of the Battersea Training College to Vicarage Road, so as to afford a direct means of communication between York Road and Battersea 25 Bridge, and resolved to take proceedings for acquiring the necessary lands under the provisions of the General Paving (Metropolis) Act, 1817. Negotiations were accordingly commenced but ultimately abandoned, the Vestry having resolved to take no further steps therein. |
4e39b70e-e2fc-46e3-bd92-e49dedbd54f5 | Widening of Latchmere Road and Amies Street. With a view to the completion of the improvement of Latchmere Road and Amies Street, which thoroughfares are to be widened in front of the land belonging to the School Board for London, as mentioned in their last annual report, the Vestry on the 26th June, resolved to acquire under the provisions of the General Paving (Metropolis) Act, 1817, the piece of land projecting into Amies Street at the corner of Dorothy Road, and the necessary steps are now being taken in the matter. Northcote Road Extension. |
0ab7ea51-2680-4d85-be05-aa44c6625b69 | Reference was made in the last annual report to a communication addressed to the late Metropolitan Board of Works with a view to the acquirement of the necessary land for carrying out the extension of Northcote Road through to Chatham Road as a Metropolitan improvement, but the late Board then informed the Vestry that the communication reached the Board too late to admit of the question being considered in connection with an application to Parliament in the ensuing session for powers to effect the improvement. The Vestry have, however, had the matter constantly under their notice, and on the 22nd January, upon consideration of a letter from the Superintending Architect of the London County Council, inviting the suggestions of the Vestry upon an application for the formation of new streets upon the Bolingbroke Grove Estate between Bolingbroke Grove and Webb's Road, they decided to inform the Council that they had no objection to offer to the formation of the proposed new streets, |
8af3f1a1-1481-4f18-bc0f-72f0f9a750dc | but suggested that the Council should require the portions of the estate abutting upon the Bolingbroke Grove and Webb's Road to be given up to form part of those thoroughfares, and drew the attention of the Council to the extreme desirability of Northcote Road being continued 26 through and connected with Chatham Road over the existing line of the sewer vested in the Council, and requested the Council to refuse their consent to the erection of any buildings over the line of such sewer at the spot in question, it being proposed by the owners of the estate to form a new street in continuation of Northcote Road, but not to connect such new street with Chatham Road. The Vestry are pleased to state that the portions of the Bolingbroke Grove Estate abutting upon Bolingbroke Grove and Webb's Road respectively, which have been a great obstruction in those thoroughfares, will, in accordance with the requirements of the Council, be given up to form part of the respective highways. |
d21c9a7d-a483-4188-8270-014d5e0b04fd | The Vestry on the 12th March instructed the Surveyor to prepare the necessary plans with a view to acquiring the property between the end of Northcote Road, as proposed to be continued through the Bolingbroke Grove Estate, and Chatham Road for the purpose of opening a direct route from Northcote Road to Nightingale Lane. Falcon Road Improvement. The Vestry on the 26th February, considered the question of widening Falcon Road between Lavender Road and No. 94, (Messrs. Hallet's Timber Yard.) Many complaints have been received of the exceedingly small space allotted to foot passengers on the west side of this road when the tradesmen's goods are displayed in front of their shops, and the Vestry decided to acquire compulsorily the forecourts of these premises for the purpose of improving the thoroughfare, and proceedings with this object are now in progress. Plough Road Improvement. |
800ff752-2156-4c06-b8fd-3a7c371bbeaa | The School Board for London having agreed to surrender a strip of land extending the whole length of the frontage of the School premises in Plough Road and Plough Terrace, now in course of erection, for the purpose of widening the highway, the Vestry, in view of the increase of traffic along Plough Road, consequent upon the opening of the new bridge by the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls, Wandsworth Common, which affords direct means of 27 communication for vehicular traffic between Plough Road, St. John's Hill and Bolingbroke Grove, and the large number of children who will attend the new Board Schools when completed, resolved on the 10th July to complete the improvement and to acquire under the provisions of the General Paving (Metropolis) Act, 1817, 57 Geo. III., cap. 29, a strip of land adjoining Mr. |
b804587a-91bd-4dab-b8c8-6b2d15e8a0b8 | Butter's premises at the south corner of Plough Road, and also land on the eastern side of that road, including the forecourts of Nos. 117 and 119, which have for so many years caused a serious obstruction to pedestrian traffic, and the Vestry hope to complete this desirable improvement during the ensuing year. Sheepcote Lane Improvement. As the result of a conference between the Works and General Purposes Committee and the Commissioners for Public Baths and Washhouses for this Parish, the road in front of the Baths in Sheepcote Lane has been widened to 40-ft., the Vestry paying the Commissioners the sum of £170 for the land required to effect this improvement. In connection with this matter the Vestry at their meeting on the nth September, ordered that the necessary steps should be taken for the purpose of acquiring under the provisions of the General Paving (Metropolis) Act, 1817, 57 Geo. III., cap. |
40461191-b93d-4be3-a73b-877aa23c2125 | 29, the requisite land for continuing the widening of this road to 40-ft. in front of the Allotment Grounds. In reply to the Statutory notices served by the Vestry, the Board of Churchwardens and Overseers, as Trustees for the Latchmere Allotments, stated that they were prepared to surrender the necessary land for the sum of £500, upon the understanding that the work of making-up and paving the road should be executed at the expense of the Vestry, and on the 27th November these terms were accepted by the Vestry. The Vestry further resolved on the 12th February, with a view to the completion of the widening of Sheepcote Lane, between Latchmere Road and Culvert Road, to acquire under the Act the necessary land and buildings between the Allotments and the latter road, and Statutory notices have been served upon the owners of the property affected. |
62e70d54-c014-42d1-b602-a1961af3952b | 28 Communication between the Queen's Road, the Beaufoy, the Shaftesbury Park, and the Latchmere Grove Estates. The Vestry on the 8th May appointed a Special Committee consisting of twelve members to consider and report as to the best means of establishing communication between the Queen's Road, the Beaufoy, the Shaftesbury Park, and the Latchmere Grove Estates; but at the close of the period covered by this Report the Committee had not come to a final conclusion upon the reference. Culvert Road Archway. On the 7th March, 1889, the Vestry received a communication from the Coroner for Westminster to the effect that a lad named T. Cutting had recently died in St. George's Hospital from injuries received by being crushed between the wall of the railway arch in Culvert Road and a passing vehicle. |
6a32f1a2-66a8-4d38-92d4-5151b2b26c4f | The subject of this narrow and dangerous archway had been on several occasions before the Vestry and as a temporary measure the Vestry ordered on the 10th April that the footpath on the western side of the railway arches be abolished, the existing kerb be placed close to the walls of the arch, and a slope formed thereon in cement to prevent the same being used by the public, and that the footpath on the eastern side of the roadway passing under the arches be widened as far as possible, after allowing for a sufficient width for vehicular traffic ; and with a view to prevent further accidents to persons passing under the arch, that the Railway Companies should be requested to give their consent to the formation of a subway, or to construct the same on the eastern side of the archway in question for the use of foot-passengers, the work to be carried out at the cost of the Vestry. |
b1fd31fb-2f5b-4a70-a973-a447d8b6e570 | Communications were addressed to the London, Brighton and South Coast and the London and South Western Railway Companies accordingly, and on the 19th November a letter was received from the London and South Western Railway Company in reply, to the effect that certain widenings of the railway were contemplated in Battersea which might affect Culvert Road and for which the necessary powers would be sought in the ensuing Session of Parliament, and that in view of this they were not able to give the proposal any further 29 consideration. The matter was therefore deferred, but the Vestry decided to endeavour to obtain the insertion of a clause to provide for this improvement so far as related to the arch of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company in the Bill promoted by that Company, and to take a similar course with the London and South Western Railway Company when the next application to Parliament is made by that Company for further powers. Re-naming and renumbering Streets. |
30a9f0e9-5d2c-49dd-ae2e-61b5aacf1e35 | During the period under review, the London County Council, with the concurrence of the Vestry, made an order for the re-naming of the thoroughfare on the north side of Clapham Common" Clapham Common North Side," and for the re-numbering of the houses. Cross Street was re-named "Ascalon Street," and the houses renumbered ; Beauchamp Road was incorporated with Bleisho Road, and the houses in both roads re-numbered ; John Street, (York Road), and Nottingham Road were re-numbered. New Streets Orders ot apportionment The Vestry made the necessary orders for the apportionment upon the owners of the property adjoining, of the costs or expenses of making-up and paving the following new streets:— Beechmore Road Mossbury Road. Broomwood Road. Robertson Street West (additional). Eckstein Road. Silverthorne Road (additional). Harroway Road. Stewart's Lane West. |
6ed36e8d-cd7d-48d2-8589-1f2ae9266f39 | Holman Road. Wroughton Road. Latchmere Grove. New Streets made-up and paved. The following is a list of new streets which were made-up and paved during the year by workmen directly employed by the Vestry under the supervision of the Surveyor:— Beechmore Road Lavender Gardens Burland Road Marney Road Chatto Road Mossbury Road Comyn Road Prince of Wales' Road Dulka Road Severus Road Eckstein Road Sugden Road Forfar Road Warriner Gardens 30 New Streets— Apportionment charges. |
c2fe036e-b20a-4de0-a4fe-40790ef7f232 | The Vestry reconsidered the question of the collection of amounts under Orders of Apportionment of the cost of paving New Streets, and having regard to the fact that all new streets are now formed and made up by workmen directly employed by the Vestry, under the supervision of the Surveyor, and that the Vestry are consequently required to make prompt payments for labour and materials, and that the General Rate Funds cannot be applied to the execution of private works, directed that in future the making up and paving of new streets be not proceeded with until three-fourths of the amounts due under such orders of apportionment have been actually received. Trees on Footways. |
45d8da1b-ed69-413a-9ea4-d18bc10c492f | The Vestry gave directions to the Surveyor, in the making-up of new streets, that in future no trees should be allowed to remain therein unless protected with substantial iron guards, provided by the respective owners ; and the Surveyor was instructed to call upon the owners of adjoining premises where trees, or guards thereto, in the public streets, are broken, to replace such trees or guards, and, in default, to remove the same. New Streets excess refunded. The excess of the estimated over the actual cost of making up the undermentioned new streets was refunded to the respective owners of property:— Andoe Road Froude Street Ashness Road Grandison Road Burland Road Leathwaite Road Chatto Road Marney Road Comyn Road Sugden Road Dulka Road Swaby Road Estcourt Road Thurleigh Road Contractor fined for delay in making-up new streets. |
6600dc69-7ad7-468b-95b1-9adb2d8bb057 | The last contract entered into by the Vestry for the making-up and paving of new streets (Estcourt and Thurleigh Roads), had a very unsatisfactory termination, the contractors having greatly exceeded the stipulated time, the Vestry under the provisions of the contract imposed a fine of £15 os. od.—£7 10s. od. in respect of each road. 31 Making up of Roadway between Chivalry Road and Bolingbroke Grove Attention having been drawn by the residents to the condition of the short piece of roadway between Chivalry Road and Bolingbroke Grove, which belongs to, and is maintainable by the London County Council, as successors to the Conservators of Wandsworth Common, the Vestry, upon the application of the Council, agreed to make up the road in a similar manner to the adjacent roads, upon payment by the Council of the sum of £205, and also to maintain the road in a proper state of repair for the sum of £10 per annum. |
c633de47-70d3-4fb2-b239-880ed96b73eb | On the 17th January the Council agreed to these terms, and the work will be put in hand upon receipt of the stipulated sum. John Street York Road, Maintenance, &c. In accordance with an arrangement made between the Vestry and the Board of Works for the Wandsworth District, the County Council, upon the application of that Board, issued an Order placing John Street, situate partly in this parish and partly within the Parish of Wandsworth, under the exclusive management of the District Board, for the purposes of sewerage, drainage, paving, lighting, watering, cleansing, repair and maintenance, the Vestry paying to that Board one half the costs and expenses of and incidental to such works. Christchurch Garden. |
90fd643c-85cb-4197-a468-86f31a8903aa | The Vestry having undertaken the management and maintenance of the garden in front of Christ Church, Battersea Park Road, the land having been duly conveyed to the Vestry, constructed an entrance to the ground from Cabul Road by the formation of a brick pier and gate to the second tier of railings westward from the carriage gates; a footpath was also formed on the east side of the garden to connect the existing paths and the whole of the paths were tar paved. New Buildings. During the year the Vestry have received and considered notices for the erection of 289 new buildings. New Sewers. Plans were submitted to the Vestry for the construction of sewers in the undermentioned new Streets, and the same having been provisionally approved were 32 duly forwarded to the Council for the approval of that body, pursuant to the provisions of the 25 and 26 Vic., cap. 102, sec. 48, viz.:— Chatham Terrace (in continuation.) Bramfield Road. |
0137c4ca-81af-4f43-bff3-897b51bb10a8 | Kelmscott Road. Northcote Road (in continuation.) Cupar Road. Lurline Gardens (in continuation.) Macduff Road. Old Park Avenue. The whole of these sewers were subsequently sanctioned by the Council, who also approved plans submitted by the Vestry for the sewerage of Sheepcote Lane and Victoria Circus. Tramway defects. In May a report was presented to the Works and General Purposes Committee by the Surveyor, upon the unsatisfactory and dangerous condition of the tramways throughout the Parish, and the Vestry, acting upon a recommendation of the Committee, directed that the attention of the South London Tramways Company be drawn to the matter, and that they be required to put the lines in a proper state of repair forthwith. |
b06e9bf1-cfef-43e1-9a78-9a08cc3cd696 | The Company having replied that they were advised that the lines were in a good condition generally, a notice to remedy the defects, accompanied by a schedule of such defects, was by order of the Vestry on the 24th July, served upon the Secretary of the Company. Upon a further report by the Surveyor to the effect that the defects had not been remedied, the Vestry resolved, on the 8th January, to engage Mr. J. Kincaid, M.I.C.E., to inspect the lines and report thereon, with a view to an independent confirmation of the report of the Surveyor preparatory to taking the necessary proceedings to enforce compliance with the requirements of the Vestry. 33 This report, which fully supports that made by the Surveyor, has been received, but the Tramways Company have now remedied some of the most serious defects ; at the close of the year the Works and General Purposes Committee still had the matter under their consideration. |
48d4f580-713e-442d-88e3-ddc7dd6476be | Lighting of footpaths on Wandsworth Common. The Vestry considered the question of lighting the paths crossing Wandsworth Common, and at their meeting on the 18th December, it was resolved to request the County Council, who have succeeded to the duties and responsibilities of the Metropolitan Board of Works with regard to the Common, to light the paths where necessary. A deputation attended the Vestry on the 12th March and submitted resolutions passed at a public meeting of ratepayers held at St. Michael's School Rooms, Bolingbroke Grove, and Mr. F. Higgs, Chairman of the Meeting, addressed the Vestry, urging that the paths referred to should be lighted. The Deputation were informed of the action which the Vestry had taken in the matter. The decision of the Council has not yet been communicated to the Vestry. Maintenance of main roads under the Highways and Locomotives (Amendment) Act, 1878. |
c8180123-ebb3-4d90-93b7-73ad8efde2e3 | The Vestry on the 27th March considered a report of the Works and General Purposes Committee as to the roads which should in their opinion be declared main roads under the provisions of the Highways and Locomotives (Amendment) Act, 1878, and the Local Government (England and Wales) Act, 1888, and the following list was submitted to the County Council on the 5th April with a request that the roads mentioned therein should be declared main roads, under the provisions of the Acts in question and with a view to the Council contributing to the future maintenance of the same ; but up to the present the Council have not intimated their decision. 34 Name of Road or Street. Length in yards Name of Road or Street. Length yards. |
93856a9e-1f61-46dd-a20d-70e87d71a1da | Nine Elms Lane 800 Brought forward 16,000 Battersea Park Road 2,940 Clapham Common, York Road 1,170 North Side 1,300 New Road 780 Battersea Rise 670 Victoria Road 860 Northcote Road 560 Queen's Road 1,220 St. John's Road 350 Albert Road 1,050 Bolingbroke Grove 1,520 Bridge Road 1,070 Nightingale Lane 1,360 Bridge Road West 560 St. James' Road 860 Surrey Lane 500 Bellevue Road 500 High Street 700 Road across Clapham Castle Street 530 Common 1,500 Falcon Road 830 Sisters Avenue 440 Lavender Road 680 Latchmere Road 970 Lavender Hill 1,260 Plough Road 750 St. John's Hill 1,050 TOTAL 26,780 Carried forward 16,000 26,780 yards = 15¼ miles Electric Lighting. |
4f5d241b-9844-4df2-9bd7-9928a279ad16 | On the 28th June notices were received from Messrs. Bircham & Co., on behalf of the Metropolitan Electric Supply Company, Limited, and from Messrs. Wyatt & Co., on behalf of the House to House Electric Light Supply Company, Limited, of intention to apply, under the Electric Lighting Acts, 1882 and 1888, for Provisional Orders for power to supply electricity for lighting and other purposes in certain streets within the Parish, but these applications were not proceeded with. |
0fee6840-7549-4a44-8cbc-e84dc5cdcd88 | The London Electric Supply Corporation, however, made an application under the above mentioned Acts, but the Vestry opposed the granting of the Provisional Order, inasmuch as it appeared that the Corporation did not propose to include the whole of the Parish within their area of supply, but sought the necessary powers merely with a view to the erection of a generating station for the supply of electrical energy to other portions of the Metropolis ; that the necessary notice, that the Provisional Order had been, or was intended to be applied for, 35 was not given to the Vestry by the applicants on or before the 1st July, 1889, in accordance with the provisions of the Electric Lighting Act, 1882, section 4, sub-section I; and, further, that the necessary notice and advertisements relative to the proposed application did not shew that the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea, was intended to be included within such application. Owing to the opposition of the Vestry, the scheme was subsequently abandoned. |
28af3c30-148b-41d2-ad88-e6d4f3eec328 | Chalet Accommo-dation. On the 21st May a letter was received from the Council stating that they were of opinion that it was most desirable that the Vestries and District Boards of the Metropolis should provide sufficient accommodation for men and women in their districts by the provision of Chalets, or by constructing places giving such accommodation below the level of the ground, in the manner which had proved so successful in the City and elsewhere, and expressing a hope that the Vestry would do something towards making such provision in this Parish. The Vestry informed the Council that they were fully impressed with the necessity for such conveniences, and that they were prepared to at once provide such accommodation by the construction of water closets and urinals below the surface of the triangular piece of vacant land at the junction of St. John's Road and Lavender Hill upon receiving the sanction of the Council thereto. |
9f269d14-ea11-4843-885c-1cfde7b889cf | The steps which had been taken by the Vestry during the previous year with a view to the provision of a Chalet on this site are fully set forth in the last annual report. The Council have not yet announced their pleasure in the matter. Advertise-ments affixed to hoardings. The Advertising Stations (Rating) Act, 1889, affixed to came into operation on the 29th September. This Act gives the Vestry power to include in licenses granted for the erection of temporary hoardings, &c., conditions prohibiting the affixing of any advertisement, or sanctioning the affixing of advertisements thereto upon payment of such sum and on such conditions as the Vestry may determine, and on the 30th December it was decided upon the recommendation of the 36 Works and General Purposes Committee, that a charge of 1/per yard super (or part of a yard) be made for hoardings so used in main thoroughfares, and 9d. |
df1a8aab-0382-40f7-8f3f-6bf2b88c51f7 | per yard super for bye streets. Overhead Wires. The Vestry on the 31st October received a letter from the Superintending Engineer, Post Office Telegraphs, applying for consent to the erection of a wire on the existing overhouse line between the Fire Brigade Station, Battersea Park Road, and the ground pole in the rear of Culvert Road, and also to an additional wire from the West London Extension Railway Bridge in Lombard Road to the Post Office, No. 193, York Road, in order to complete the direct radial system to the fire alarms, with a view to ensure more effectually the prompt attendance of the Fire Brigade at fires in the Parish. The Vestry resolved not to object to the erection of overhead wires which may be required for Fire Brigade purposes, but they are strongly of opinion that all wires should be placed underground where possible. Overflow of Sewers. |
113941f1-8260-4078-a6e1-f02e54cf4a44 | The Surveyor submitted a report to the Vestry at the meeting held on the 12th June, upon the flooding of 319 houses in the Parish, consequent upon the overflow of the main sewers during the heavy fall of rain on the 25th May, and the Vestry directed that a copy of this report be forwarded to the County Council. Enlargement of Buildings, &c., Bridge Road West. The Street Cleansing Dusting and Depot mittee, having determined that their meetings should take place at the Surveyor's Office, Bridge Road West, the accommodation for this purpose was found to be totally inadequate, and the Vestry, upon the recommendation of the Committee, erected a Committee Room and also an additional office over the existing buildings, to meet the growing requirements of the work in the Surveyor's department. |
90b920c4-d8be-4f73-94e2-756d496264f9 | In order to check the weight of the provender and other stores purchased by the Vestry, it was found necessary to fix a 10 ton weighbridge at the Dep6t in Bridge Road West. 37 Street Ob-structions. The Vestry are pleased to state that they have succeeded in keeping the main thoroughfares clear from obstruction to the great benefit of the general community, with much less friction with tradesmen, and costermongers and other street vendors, than in past years. The Vestry may fairly assume that the improved condition of affairs is due in no small degree to the firm but considerate manner in which they have dealt with this difficult question through the Street Cleansing Dusting and Depot Committee. |
21282b9f-f2ad-4458-9850-1c0701cb1305 | Removal of Fish Waste In consequence of continual complaints to the Vestry of the nuisance occasioned by fish vans in removing the waste from fishmongers' premises within the Parish, the Street Cleansing Dusting and Depot Committee, to whom the matter was referred, enquired fully into the whole of the circumstances, and expressed their opinion that the system of removing the fish waste was very objectionable, and was a constant source of annoyance to the public. In their report presented to the Vestry on the 23rd October, the Committee submitted a recommendation to the effect that arrangements should be made for the collection by the Vestry of the waste daily. An agreement was subsequently entered into with Mr. J. F. Johnstone, of Chrisp Street, Poplar, as a tentative measure, by which the Vestry undertook to collect the offal from the fishmongers' premises in vans and tanks to be provided by Mr. Johnstone (who agreed to convey the same away from the parish) daily. |
0b745cf6-44a2-4098-b765-d2063cbe116b | This agreement, which has been in operation for two months, terminates on the 20th July, 1890, and meanwhile the question as to the advisability of continuing the arrangement will be considered by the Vestry. Registra-tion of Horses. On the 12th June the Vestry received a letter from Major-General Ravenhill, on behalf of Her Majesty's Government, thanking the Vestry for their patriotic response to the scheme of voluntary Registration of Horses, and renewed his invitation for the Vestry to register such a number of horses for military purposes as they would be prepared to sell to the Government upon the occasion of a great national emergency. 38 The Vestry having replied that they were prepared to continue to register the ten horses selected by the Government last year, and also such further horses as the Government might require, an agreement was entered into to register the ten horses upon the same terms as before, viz., the payment by the Government of a retaining fee of 1os. per horse per annum. |
3f614ee3-e196-4bd5-b151-ea966ec02351 | Dust Depot Clerical Work, Weigh-bridge, &c. Mr. F. A. Bailey, Junior Clerk in the Surveyor's Department, was transferred to the office of the Manager of the Dust Depot, Culvert Road, on the 21st October, to assist the Manager in the clerical work and record the weights registered by the weighbridge constructed at the Depot in October, for the purpose of weighing the dust and house refuse and other materials taken into and out of the Depot ; and on the 13th November the Vestry, having regard to Mr. Bailey's altered duties decided to increase his salary from £26 to £30 per annum, with an annual increment of £5 to a maximum of £50, the first increment to date from the 1st January, 1890. Inspection of Cow-houses and Slaughter-houses. |
7ab38767-5db5-47f1-9a4d-6ee77f1f8643 | In the month of October the Medical Officers of Health reported that the whole of the Cow-houses and Slaughter-houses in the parish had been inspected, and that there was no objection to be offered to the application for the renewal of the Licenses. The Licensing of Cow-houses and Slaughter-houses is one of the duties now transferred to the County Council, and the Clerk was accordingly directed to inform that body that the Vestry had no objection to offer to the renewal of any of the licenses. The number of licensed Cow-houses and Slaughter-houses in the parish is as follows:— Cow-houses 15 Slaughter-houses 17 32 39 Bake-hosues The whole of the bake-houses numbering 114 have been inspected, and after notices served to limewhite and repair in nine cases, which have been complied with, with the exception of that of No. 187, York Road, which is closed, the same are now in a satisfactory condition. Public Mortuary. |
5f9f85c4-72b0-4b4c-b459-baf0539b2026 | Mr. A. Braxton Hicks, Coroner, having suggested that an addition should be made to the Mortuary, situate in the grounds of St. Mary's Church, Church Road, for the ambulance and shells, the Vestry resolved on the 12th June, that a closed shed should be erected at the east side of the Mortuary for this purpose. Plans were accordingly prepared by the Surveyor, and the necessary consents having been obtained, advertisements were inserted in the local newspapers inviting tenders for the execution of the work upon a Specification to be prepared by the Surveyor. The tender of Messrs. Street & Son was subsequently accepted, and the work was at once put in hand. During the past year 161 bodies have been conveyed to the Mortuary, five of which were removed for sanitary reasons only; 156 inquests were held, and 134 post mortem examinations were made. Infectious Disease (Notifi-cation) Act. |
f6470529-7c41-456e-a65e-97f1262e7842 | On the 22nd May, the Vestry considered the great danger arising from the facility for the spread of Infectious Disease by the circulation of books from Public Libraries, and, upon the recommendation of the Sanitary Committee, they directed that a communication be addressed to the Local Government Board, drawing attention to the subject, and requesting that prompt action may be taken with a view to early legislation, providing stringent penalties against persons, residing in houses where infectious disease exists, applying for, using, or returning such books without notifying the existence of disease to the Librarian, in the same way as persons suffering from infectious disease are liable to penalties for exposing themselves, without proper precaution against spreading the disease, in any street, public conveyance, &c., under the provisions of the 29 and 30 Vic., cap. 90, sec. 38. |
fa89b271-0446-4aa4-b1ea-4dfe737dfa15 | 40 On the 10th July, a reply was received from the Local Government Board, stating that a Bill had been introduced into Parliament providing that the Vestries and District Boards in London should be promptly informed of cases of Infectious Disease existing in their districts. This Bill passed into law as the Infectious Disease (Notification) Act, 1889, 52 and 53 Vic., cap. 72, and came into operation on the 30th October, 1889. Under the provisions of this Act, it is compulsory for the following diseases to be notified to the Medical Officers of the Vestry, viz.:—small pox, cholera, diphtheria, membranous croup, erysipelas, scarlatina, and scarlet, typhus, typhoid, enteric, relapsing, continued, or puerperal fevers. |
95728f6a-41db-4284-a740-37c7308bcc6b | The notification is required to be given by the head of the family to which the patient belongs, and, in his default, by the nearest relatives of the patient present in the building or being in attendance on the patient, and, in default of such relatives, by every person in charge of, or in attendance upon the patient, and, in default of any such person, by the occupier of the building. Every Medical Practitioner attending on, or called in to visit, the patient, is also required to give notice, and every person required by the Act to give a notice who fails to do so is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding forty shillings. The Act applies to every ship, vessel, boat, tent, van, shed, or similar structure used for human habitation, in like manner as nearly as may be as if it were a building. |
a6f3ff9f-bbb3-4315-8e92-0bddfb3df6ba | The Vestry are required to pay to Medical Practitioners for each certificate received, a fee of two shillings and sixpence if the case occurs in their private practice and a fee of one shilling if the case occurs in their practice as Medical Officer of any public body or institution. The fees paid to Medical Practitioners in respect of cases so notified are refunded to the Vestry by the Metropolitan Asylums 41 Board under the Act; but the Vestry as the Local Authority have to defray the cost of the prescribed forms, which are required to be supplied gratuitously, and other expenses incidental to the administration of the Act. The following forms were prepared by the Clerk and approved by the Sanitary Committee:- (a) Form of certificate of notification to be gratuitously supplied to any Medical Practitioner residing or practising within the Parish, as required by the Act, in books containing 100 forms with counterfoil. |
30bd1a4f-6fc9-4e6b-9ac4-83b3d613e392 | (b) Copy Certificate to be forwarded to the Metropolitan Asylums Board by the Vestry, as required by the Act, in books with counterfoil. (c) Notification to the Librarian and the Head Masters and Mistresses of Schools as to the existence of cases of infectious disease, in books with counterfoil. (d) Register of notifications to be kept by the Inspector of Nuisances under the direction of the Medical Officers of Health. (e) Memorandum for the information of Medical Practitioners to accompany the forms of certificate above mentioned. (f) Handbills giving notice to the inhabitants of the ments of the Act. In consequence of the additional duties devolving upon the Sanitary staff in carrying out the provisions of this Act, the Vestry on the 13th November appointed D. E. Richards to perform the clerical work in this department at a salary of eight shillings per week. Water Supply. |
0f6e6675-01e4-47a6-9d7d-a5bd3379db66 | The Vestry at their meeting on the 10th April had under consideration a report by the Sanitary Committee with reference to a case of diphtheria at a milkshop within the parish. The premises were thoroughly inspected by Mr. Oakman, Medical Officer of Health, and the Inspector of Nuisances, with 42 the view of ascertaining any sanitary defect that might exist, and if possible to prevent the spread of the disease. The premises were found to be, as regards their sanitary arrangements and their general cleanliness, in a very satisfactory condition, and the Sanitary Committee therefore, acting upon the recommendation of the Medical Officer of Health, directed that a sample of the water should be taken from the drinking supply of the house, and forwarded to the Public Analyst for analysis. The result of this analysis shewed that the water contained a quantity of vegetable debris and was swarming with living Infusoriae and Bacteriae in large numbers. |
e3b424ae-0ec4-4a9e-822c-e10e12e99ac2 | The condition of the water was doubtless due to improper storage and neglect to cleanse the cistern, and as water in this condition would be exceedingly dangerous to health, and might cause disease, the necessary steps were taken to enforce the immediate cleansing of the cistern. The Vestry directed that a handbill be distributed, recommending the Parishioners to periodically empty and cleanse all cisterns containing the water supply for domestic use, and to boil the water before the same is used for drinking purposes. |
60d5186e-06f8-4a8b-b630-ab2fc6cc8632 | The Vestry also addressed communications to the London County Council and the Southwark and Vauxhall and Lambeth Water Companies, requesting that the necessary steps might be taken with a view to supplying the whole of the houses and premises in the parish with a continuous supply of water, and after correspondence with the Companies, the Council replied in June to the effect that the Lambeth Water Company were willing to give a constant supply to the portion of the parish within that Company's District to which a constant supply had not already been given without the Council requiring the Company to provide a constant supply under Section 8 of the Metropolis Water Act, 1871, and that that Company would within a few weeks prepare plans and give notices with regard to one or more districts within the parish; and that the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Co. had expressed their 43 willingness to give a constant supply to the portion of the parish within their district at the end of the year 1889. |
5ddc3dd6-bb47-4c41-aec3-79053659aea7 | At the close of the period under review the necessary alterations to the service pipes in the portion of the parish within the district of the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company, in connection with the constant supply, were being rapidly proceeded with. Seizure of Unsound Food. On the 22nd May the Vestry considered a report of the Sanitary Committee to the effect that on Saturday night, the 4th May, about ten o'clock, Inspector Richards was present in the York Road and saw Richard Garlic, of No. 108, Sheepcote Lane, with a pony and cart, selling fowls. Having ascertained that the fowls were putrid, the Inspector endeavoured to seize them, but Garlic jumped into the cart and drove away. |
97d04e7d-024d-40a1-85f3-709aae54b1f5 | The Inspector, however, succeeded in getting into the cart also, when Garlic drove furiously along York Road and Battersea Park Road, towards Culvert Road and back down Simpson Street, Henry Street, and Castle Street, using threats to the Inspector meanwhile. Upon reaching the corner of Althorpe Grove, Garlic stopped the pony, and the Inspector again endeavoured to seize the fowls. Garlic resisted, and a large crowd collected, and sympathised with him. A policeman then appeared, and the Inspector called him, and explained the position of affairs, and requested him to prevent a breach of the peace. The Inspector then removed about thirty of the fowls from the cart and placed them on the footpath, when Garlic in the presence of the Constable thrust the Inspector violently aside and threw the fowls into the cart. The Inspector then requested the Constable to arrest Garlic, but he refused to do so, and went away. |
8f1a3463-c69a-41ae-849f-66f9e368875a | Garlic again jumped into the cart and drove off amid the cheers of the crowd in the direction of Battersea Square, and when opposite the " Raven " publichouse, Garlic attacked the Inspector and endeavoured to throw him from the cart. After considerable difficulty the Inspector, with the assistance of some of the residents in the locality, succeeded in getting the pony and cart to the Vestry's Depot, 44 Bridge Road West, and seized forty-two fowls, which were submitted to Mr. Oakman, the Medical Officer of Health, on the following morning, who declared them to be putrid and totally unfit for human food, and on Monday, the 6th May, they were taken to the Magistrate at the Wandsworth Police Court, who ordered them to be destroyed. Proceedings were taken against Richard Garlic for offering the fowls for sale, and also for obstructing the Inspector while endeavouring to seize the same. |
59a2c2c7-51a7-4946-8bb6-9bab69e3c84f | The summonses were heard together, and the Solicitor examined the Sanitary Inspector, the Medical Officer of Health, and Mr. Ireland, one of the witnesses to the obstruction, the Inspector proving the seizure and unfitness of the fowls for food, and the Medical Officer testifying as to their putrid condition. For the defence a woman was called who stated that she had purchased ten fowls for 5/-, and a man who stated that he had purchased six for 3/. Both persons swore that the fowls were fit to be eaten, that they had eaten them, and that they were perfectly good. Upon this evidence the Magistrate stated that he was satisfied that the fowls were fit to be eaten, and he dismissed the summons for exposing the fowls for sale, but fined the defendant £1 and 2/- costs in respect of the obstruction. The Vestry considering the decision in this case most unsatisfactory directed that the facts be laid before the Home Secretary. |
fa08397a-a23d-42f1-a529-37f99e197f50 | The Vestry also considered the extreme danger to which the Inspector was exposed by the cowardly conduct of the Police Constable who refused to assist him when called upon to do so and a communication was addressed to the local police authorities with the view of ascertaining the name and number of the constable in question; the Vestry also directed that a report upon the subject be forwarded to the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis with a request that he would cause an investigation to be made into the whole of the circumstances. 45 The Inspector was commended for the courageous manner in which he effected the seizure. Urinal Accommo-dation at Licensed Premises. The Sanitary Committee on the 4th February caused communications to be addressed to the proprietors of certain public houses in the parish requiring them to provide proper urinal accommodation upon their respective premises for the use of their customers. |
19560b7b-8e5f-4451-ba71-ce10c392eeee | A further communication was addressed to the defaulters on the 19th February, informing them that unless the necessary accommodation was provided by the 28th February the Vestry would consider as to making a representation to the Licensing Justices upon the application for a renewal of the licenses. The Vestry, at a meeting held on the 26th February, considered a full report of the Sanitary Committee upon the subject, and it was resolved that the Inspector of Nuisances should attend before the Justices and point out the requirements of the Vestry in the matter. Accordingly at the adjourned Sessions, held on the 31st March, the Inspector attended on behalf of the Vestry with regard to the following cases:—The Old House, Plough Road, the Rose and Crown, Culvert Road, the Victoria Tavern, Bridge Road, the Royal Oak, Patmore Street, and the Princes' Head, York Road. |
4ee8496d-9c7e-42f8-a9ac-438cbe1b7304 | Considerable opposition was manifested by counsel on behalf of the publicans to the course adopted by the Vestry, but the Bench expressed their entire concurrence with the action the Vestry had taken, and considered that the alterations or additions required by the Vestry at the several premises were reasonable and absolutely necessary, and stated that had the Vestry thought it desirable to oppose the renewal of the licenses and given statutory notice to that effect, they would have refused to renew the licenses until the requirements of the Vestry had been satisfactorily complied with. The Bench under the circumstances advised the proprietors to carry out the wishes of the Vestry forthwith, and intimated 46 that in the event of the required works not being executed, and upon the Vestry giving the necessary notice at the next Licensing Sessions, they should certainly refuse the applications for the renewal of licenses in those cases to which objection was taken by the Vestry. |
7bccd22a-1b64-46f1-88e8-e1c161074feb | The Vestry regard the decision of the Justices in thus fully recognizing the locus standi of the Vestry as highly important, and intend to take all necessary steps to enforce proper sanitary accommodation at public houses within the Parish. Dilapi-dated Structures. The Vestry on the 30th December considered a report of the Sanitary Committee upon a letter from the London County Council with regard to dilapidated structures and directed that the attention of the Council be drawn to the condition of the houses Nos. 22, 47, 49 and 51, and Burnell Cottage, Linford Street, which were in the opinion of the Vestry cases requiring to be dealt with by the Council under the provisions of the Metropolis Local Management and Building Acts (Amendment) Act, 1882, and the Council subsequently took proceedings for the demolition of Burnell Cottage, Linford Street. Accumula-tion of refuse on land in Victoria Road. |
e24e0932-4a16-4bf2-b9bc-81385540a96c | Vestry on the 12th March instructed the Medical Officer of Health and the Solicitor to prepare and present a joint report as to the course to be adopted to ensure the discontinuance of the nuisance arising from the sorting, sifting, and accumulation of refuse in Victoria Road. This report was subsequently considered by the Vestry, and the necessary proceedings for the abatement of the nuisance were ordered to be taken. Sewer Ven-tilation. During the year numerous complaints were ceived from residents along the line of the main sewer in York Road and Battersea Park Road, of the smell proceeding from the sewer gratings. Communications were accordingly addressed to the County Council upon the subject, and the Council are erecting ventilating shafts up the fronts of the houses where practicable, and closing the sewer gratings. |
3b911cff-4a9c-4403-9820-ecac0ce96216 | 47 A letter from Sir Hugh Owen, Secretary, Local Government Board, was submitted to the Vestry on the 12th February, enclosing copy of the draft of a bill prepared for the purpose of consolidating the law with reference to the Public Health of the Metropolis, and inviting the suggestions of the Vestry thereon. This letter and the draft bill were referred for consideration to the Sanitary Committee, and the Committee having conferred with the Solicitor, recommended that the Clerk be directed to thank Sir Hugh Owen for his letter, and to state that the Vestry entirely agree with the proposed consolidation of the law, and that they had no suggestions to offer with regard to an amendment of the Bill. The report of the Committee was considered and approved by the Vestry on the 26th February, and a communication was addressed to Sir Hugh Owen accordingly. Adultera-tion of Food and Drugs. |
5390ee64-dcdd-4f95-9c20-9dadbeddc46c | The Vestry have not relaxed their efforts for the detection and punishment of persons offering for sale articles of food which have been adulterated. One hundred and six samples have been purchased and submitted to the Public Analyst in accordance with the provisions of the Food and Drugs and Margarine Acts for analysis, and of these 41 samples have been certified to be more or less adulterated. The proportion of samples so adulterated will be seen to have been equal to 38.67 per cent. Legal proceedings were directed and taken in 28 cases, and in 11 cases cautionary letters were addressed to the vendors. The cases in which convictions were obtained are set out in the following table, which also shews the percentage of adulterations:— 48 Name and Address of Vendor. Description of Article. Result of Analysis. Fine and Costs. Susannah Briggs, 3, Clyde Terrace, Swaby Road Pepper 13 3 per cent. |
54a5e1e4-6ee2-44c3-aba5-3744a64fc839 | mineral matter £ s. d- 1 2 6 George Wiffen, 1 Knowsley Road Coffee 20 per cent. Chicory 2 12 6 Charles Sussens, 21, Granfield Street Margarine Margarine not fully labelled 1 0 0 E. Williams, 130, Bridge Road „ „ 1 0 0 Richard Vaughan, 145, Bridge Road West Butter Margarine not fully labelled 1 2 6 Esther Bradley, 99, Church Road „ Margarine 1 2 6 Emma Joyner, 59, Bridge Road West „ „ 1 0 0 Ann Maria Allen, 52, Surrey Lane „ „ 0 12 0 E. Biggs, 26, Spicer Street „ „ 1 2 0 Henry Hillyer, 65, Bridge Road „ „ 3 2 0 William Robinson, 2, Thessaly Terrace New Road Milk 22 per cent. |
5a5edd30-4719-4e7c-8117-0cb4114aae47 | of extraneous water 0 17 6 Louisa Miller, 5, Hartington Terrace, Queen's Road „ 50 per cent. fat abstracted 0 5 0 James Scott, 87, Dorset Street „ 14 per cent. extraneous water 0 13 6 Joseph Saunders, 71, Battersea Park Road Butter Margarine not labelled 1 2 0 Ellen Woodberry, 9, Battersea Park- Road „ „ 1 2 0 William Hobbs, 128, New Road „ „ 1 12 0 The Sanitary Committee, acting on behalf of the Vestry in the selection of articles for analysis, have had regard to the high rate of mortality which exists among very young children, which is doubtless due in many instances to the inferior quality of the milk, which constitutes their sole diet, and they have continued to give special attention to this important article of food. |
641d8af7-3512-410b-ab3d-5d9cfd53ee15 | 49 In their last report the Vestry made reference to the trifling penalties imposed by the Magistrates in cases of proceedings instituted by the Vestry under the Sale of Food and Drugs and the Margarine Acts, and that the practice of inflicting ridiculously inadequate penalties was continued, will be seen upon inspection of the foregoing table. On the 11th December it was reported to the Vestry that in the case of Mrs. L. Miller, of No. 5, Hartington Terrace, Queen's Road, Battersea, who was summoned for selling milk a sample of which upon analysis was certified by the Public Analyst to have had at least 50 per cent. of its original fat abstracted, a fine of only 3/- and 2/- costs was imposed. With regard to this case the Solicitor reported to the effect that the Defendant had a portion of the sample of milk analysed by an independent Analyst who certified that 40 per cent. |
e9669b68-a644-40e3-911f-9563e52f2143 | at least of fat had been abstracted, the only defence being that the defendant sold such a small quantity of milk that she could not get a guarantee from the person from whom it was bought, and that although he applied for the usual costs of the analysis the Magistrate declined to grant them. The subject was referred to the consideration of the Sanitary Committee, and, upon their report, the Vestry, on the 30th December, directed a communication to be addressed to the Members of Parliament for the Borough, requesting them to bring the matter under the notice of the House of Commons. Accordingly, on the 20th February, Mr. |
4bb261e0-799d-4a83-838f-0b7b32353fa4 | O. V. Morgan moved, in his place in the House of Commons, for a return of the number of cases under the Food and Drugs and the Margarine Acts which had been brought before the Magistrates sitting at the Wandsworth Police Court during the past year, shewing the extent of the adulteration and the amount of fines and costs inflicted in the various cases, and the Home Secretary replied that there were twenty-three cases under the Food and Drugs Act, and thirteen under the Margarine Act, and stated that he would be happy to shew Mr. Morgan a return of the fines inflicted in each case. 50 Mr. |
664cb59d-f091-406b-8b00-b5e88e891396 | Morgan, not being satisfied with this information, placed a further question upon the paper on the 27th February, in the following terms:— "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, relative to the return of cases under the Sale of Food and Drugs and the Margarine Acts, which have been brought before the Magistrates sitting at the Wandsworth Police Court during the past year, and to the very inadequate fines inflicted in the various cases, whether the Local Government Board have in several of their annual reports drawn attention to the varying and insufficient penalties imposed upon offenders under these Acts, and whether, having regard to the importance to the Public of the efficient administration of the Sale of Food and Drugs and Margarine Acts, he will take such steps as he may deem advisable with a view to uniformity of practice of the Police Magistrates in the Metropolis, in dealing with offenders against the Acts in question." |
1e4b8b54-a277-4a91-85d0-07474566655e | To this question the Home Secretary gave the following reply:— "Yes, sir, my attention has been called to those passages in the annual reports of the Local Government Board which comment upon the smallness of the fines frequently imposed in cases under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act. I propose to draw the attention of the Chief Magistrate to this subject and to the complaints of the Hon. Member, and to request him, in conference with his brother Magistrates, to arrive, if possible, at some common understanding with a view to securing uniformity of practice in the administration of these Acts." The Vestry at their meeting on the 12th March, passed a vote of thanks to Mr. Morgan for the prompt and vigorous action taken by him in this matter, and congratulated him upon the very satisfactory reply of the Home Secretary. |
fa42da98-e5dc-4b75-95b0-ce5cc68cd524 | The Vestry 51 trust that the action which the Home Secretary proposes to take will have the effect of inducing the Magistrates to inflict adequate penalties, which under the Statutes they are fully empowered to do, and thus prevent to a far greater extent the gross frauds which have hitherto been practised upon the public by unscrupulous tradesmen. An important point has been raised under the Margarine Act upon a summons taken out by the Vestry against a person for exposing for sale margarine which was not labelled in accordance with the provisions of the Margarine Act. The summons was heard before Mr. F. Mead, the Magistrate sittingatthe Wandsworth Police Court, on the 26th February, who decided that inasmuch as the article was not exposed to view it was not exposed for sale. |
2da4dc24-9d63-4916-a23d-83f3826800dc | The Solicitor in pursuance of the instructions of the Sanitary Committee, applied for a case to be stated for the opinion of a Superior Court, and the Magistrate having granted the application the case is shortly expected to come before the Court for argument. The Food and Drugs Act provides that the penalties inflicted under that Act shall be paid to the Vestry to be applied in aid of expenses incurred in the execution of the Act, and the amount received by the Vestry from this source during the past year was £9 12s. 6d. The Margarine Act, however, provides that the penalties recovered under that Act may, if the Court so direct, be paid to the person who proceeds for the same to reimburse him for the legal costs of obtaining the analysis and any other reasonable expenses to which the Court shall consider him entitled, and the Court have not thought fit to award the Vestry in any case under this Act more than the costs of the summons. Appoint-ment of Assistant Inspector of Nuisances. |
d90a4a43-f16b-484c-aee5-289b45d7e17e | In Tune, Mr. J. E. Evans, one of the Assistant Inspectors of Nuisances, resigned his appointment, and in response to advertisements twenty-six applications for the office were received. The Sanitary Committee having selected three Candidates, the Vestry on the 10th July appointed Mr. Isaac Young to the post at a salary of £91 per annum, the amount paid to Mr. Evans. 52 Contract for Printing In consequence of the unsatisfactory manner in which the contract for the printing work of the Vestry had been carried out for some time past, the Vestry at their meeting on the 10th April, upon the recommendation of a Special Committee appointed to consider the matter, decided to determine the contract, and notice having been given to the contractor to that effect, the contract terminated on the 31st January. In response to advertisements the tender of Mr. |
a3e9cb1e-34cc-46a8-ab46-2b07e4314fbe | J. Hitchcock, of Sunny Hill Road, Streatham, was accepted for the work in question for the period ending 25th March, 1891. Office Staff-Surveryor's Depar-ment. The Vestry considered as to the additional duties imposed upon the Surveyor and the staff in his office, in connection with the taking over and performance of various important works which had hitherto been entrusted to contractors, and the office work in the Surveyor's department was re-arranged and the staff re-organized; the following additional appointments were made on the 24th July and 11th September respectively, viz.:—Mr. H. W.Phillips as Second Assistant and Draughtsman, at a salary of £100 per annum, rising by annual increments of £5, to a maximum of £120, and Mr. |
ad70ef7b-a67b-4709-8e15-a593d266c1e5 | E. C. Jones as Chief Clerk and Accountant, at a salary of £110 per annum, rising by annual increments of £10 to a maximum of £150. On the 11th December G. King was appointed as office youth in the Surveyor's Department, at a salary of £13, per annum, in the place of Mr. F. A. Bailey, promoted to the office at the Depot, Culvert Road. Office Staff-Clerk's Depart-ments. The Vestry also took into consideration the large increase of work which had devolved upon the Clerk's Department, consequent upon the carrying out by the Vestry of the various works which had previously been performed by contractors, and which had necessitated an increase of staff in the Surveyor's Department, and also the transfer of the payment of the weekly wages from the Surveyor's to the Clerk's Department, and Mr. |
fc3bf0c9-7562-40a6-9f3f-3f261240f59e | E. J. Wood was appointed Junior Clerk, on the nth September, and W. Stone, who had been 53 engaged as lad messenger during the past fourteen months, was, on the 24th July, promoted to this department as office youth, at salaries of £50 and £30 per annum, respectively, rising by annual increments of £10 and £5 to maximums of £80 and £50. G. W. Tubby was appointed lad messenger at a weekly wage of 8s. Applications for the whole of the above appointments were invited by advertisements in the public press. Accident, Latchmere Road Railway Bridge, Action for damages. Reference was made in the last Report of the Vestry to an action commenced against the Wandsworth Board of Works prior to the separation of the Parish of Battersea from the District of that Board, by Mr. W. Warner for damages in respect of alleged injury caused by the insufficient height of the West London Extension Railway Bridge in Latchmere Road. |
803950e0-0bf4-4942-9f42-98043669c908 | The action was tried on the 4th April before Mr. Justice Field and a special jury, when the plaintiff was non-suited, the Judge remarking that the plaintiff must prove negligence before he could succeed in making the Board liable and that in his opinion there was no evidence of negligence. Judgment was accordingly given for the defendants with costs. The plaintiff, however, applied to set aside the non-suit and for an order for a new trial and this application came before the Court on the 20th June when it was dismissed with costs. Brackley the Vestry. Action for seizure of barrow. An action was commenced against the Vestry on the 30th August, 1888, by Mr. H. Brackley for the alleged illegal seizure of a barrow-and goods by the Vestry's Street Keeper on the 14th July of that year in Falcon Road. The case came before Mr. |
53cc1c31-b15e-4bc2-841a-ce17840f358e | Justice Charles on the 2nd May, 1889, when judgment was given in favour of the Vestry with costs, but with a stay of execution for 14 days to allow the plaintiff to appeal should he be so advised. The plaintiff gave notice of appeal and on the 8th August it was heard before Lord Esher, the Master of the Rolls, and Lords Justices Lindley and Bowen and dismissed with costs, the Court unanimously upholding the judgment of the Court below, and 54 the Vestry instructed the Solicitor to take the necessary proceedings for the recovery of the costs awarded by the Courts. Action against the Street Keeper. In September, a writ of action was issued on behalf of Mr. John Tyler, of No 44, Falcon Grove, against Mr. J. Willson, the Vestry's Street Keeper, for the recovery of the sum of £50 for alleged acceptance by him of a fee under colour of his office. |
c320e455-8029-4cd6-80f8-67b1f6f69a17 | The Vestry instructed their Solicitor to defend the action; in February, the plaintiff having omitted to make the statement of claim, the Vestry directed that the necessary steps should be taken with a view to the discharge of the action. Legal proceed-ings. The Vestry found it necessary to instruct the Solicitor in no less than 135 cases which were brought before the Magistrate sitting at the Police Court at Wandsworth during the past year, and penalties amounting to £14 2s. 6d. were recovered and paid in to the account of the Vestry. |
90fe30eb-de8d-4993-a2d7-a1ed00b7743f | The several matters with which the Magistrate was required to deal were as follows:— For enforcing payment of amounts due under orders of apportionment of the cost of paving new streets 44 For the abatement of nuisances of various kinds 33 Street obstructions 10 Proceedings under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act 27 Building without notice 1 Depositing refuse on highways 14 Embezzlement 1 Damaging street lamps 3 Seizure of unsound food 1 Obstructing Officer in the execution of his duty 1 135 Parlia-mentary plans. In the month of November, Parliamentary Plans affecting this Parish were deposited at the Vestry's Offices by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company in accordance with the Standing Orders of the House of Commons. 55 The Bill to which these plans related, viz. |
611d3ded-079b-4fd1-b6e4-984516d092b6 | :—the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (Various Powers) Bill, dealt with the widening and improvement of the railway at Victoria, Battersea, &c., and contained clauses which would, if the bill passed into law, authorize the Company to deal with the following matters:— The stopping up of the footpath on the southern side of the West London Extension Railway leading from Falcon Road to Clapham Junction, &c. The closing of Prested Road, St. John's Hill. The widening of the line under St. John's Hill, the new bridge recently constructed by the Vestry adjoining the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls, Wandsworth Common, and the bridge, Bellevue Road. The acquisition of the whole of the land, houses, and roadway situated between the existing lines of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, Culvert Road, and the West London Extension Railway, and the closing of cartway entrance from Culvert Road to the Vestry's Dust Depot. |
d9ccdc95-9b1a-4bf0-bfab-7381e0ef81bb | The Bill having been duly considered, the Vestry decided to petition against the same praying to be heard by Counsel with a view to the insertion of clauses for the protection of the Vestry and for the improvement of so much of the archway in Culvert Road as belongs to the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company, to which reference has already been made on page 29 of this report. Revision of Bye-Laws. The Bye-Laws and Standing Orders of the Vestry underwent revision during the period covered by this report, and many material alterations and amendments were made. Wages of Workmen in the employ of the Vestry. The Vestry at their Meetings on the 12th and 19th February, considered the question of the wages of the workmen in their employ, and after fully debating the matter, adopted a scale regulating the future payment of wages. 56 Coroner's Court. |
5abed91b-3871-4c47-aa6d-fc8592fafaeb | The Vestry at their Meeting on the 22nd October, considered the question of providing a Coroner's Court, and referred the subject for further consideration to the Works and General Purposes Committee. This Committee invited Mr. Braxton Hicks, the Coroner, to attend their Meeting, and devoted considerable time to the reference. Mr. Braxton Hicks conferred with the Committee, and suggested certain premises which were, in his opinion, suitable for the purpose, and which he believed were for sale, and the freehold could be obtained upon reasonable terms. The Committee having caused enquiries to be made, found that the premises in question were not for sale. A report was subsequently presented to the Vestry to this effect, and Mr. Braxton Hicks was informed accordingly. Board Schools, Battersea Park Road exits. |
bfd9db2c-a6c1-46a1-bd74-14ca484b82c1 | The Vestry on the 11th January drew the attention of the School Board for London to the danger to the scholars attending their Battersea Park Road Schools owing to all the gates of the schools being in Battersea Park Road and suggested that additional means of exit should be provided from the schools in question into Forfar Road where there was very little vehicular traffic. The Vestry, however, regret to state that after considerable correspondence the Board declined to adopt the suggestion. Access to Battersea Railway Station. The Vestry at their meeting on the 18th December considered as to the inconvenience occasioned by the want of a railway station on the West London Extension Railway in Battersea Park Road near Christ Church, and a communication was addressed to the Railway Company, suggesting that the station in the High Street should be removed to the Battersea Park Road. A reply was received from the Company on the 28th February stating that the Directors regretted that they could not entertain the suggestion of the Vestry. |
505277e1-e949-45bd-803b-1bffd519c572 | A further proposition was then submitted to the Company that in order to meet the demands of the neighbourhood direct means of communication should be established between the Battersea Park Road and the platforms of the Company's existing station, but to this the Directors also declined to accede. 57 Approach-es to the Clapham Junction Railway Station. The Vestry presented memorials to the London, Brighton and South Coast, and the London and South Western Railway Companies, and also to the Board of Trade, drawing attention to the dangerous condition of the approaches to the several platforms at Clapham Junction Railway Station, and suggesting that the name of the Station should be changed to Battersea Junction. The Companies stated in reply to these memorials that they were constructing the necessary steps with a view to affording increased facilities of approach to the platforms but that for various reasons they could not adopt the suggestion of the Vestry to alter the name of the Station. Opposition to applica-tion for beer off-license for No. 133, Sugden Road. |
8a4e7c49-b1b2-4561-9af4-5312fb0e97e2 | The application for a beer off license for the premises No. 133, Sugden Road, at the corner of Clapham Common, North Side, referred to in the previous report of the Vestry, wasrenewed. The Vestry, by their Solicitor, again opposed the application, as did also the residents in the locality, and the Justices having viewed the premises, and having regard to the strong opposition, decided to refuse the application. School Board Precepts. |
24eb1aa7-1834-4b5c-95fd-acc1bf650ec5 | The large increase which has taken place in the amounts of the precepts of the School Board for London has also occupied the attention of the Vestry, and having regard to the excessive taxation borne by the ratepayers of the Parish and the Metropolis generally, they resolved to communicate with the Vestries and District Boards throughout the Metropolis with a view to a Conference being held in order that united action might be taken to urge Her Majesty's Government to take such steps as might be necessary to secure a greater economy in the administration of the affairs of the School Board. In response to their invitation the Vestry received replies from a large number of the Vestries and District Boards expressing a desire to be represented at the proposed Conference. On the 10th March, however, the Vestry received a letter from the Vestry Clerk of St. |
3f4cc3e6-6c22-4feb-a822-8d8751dfa09f | Mary Abbotts, Kensington, stating that the subject had been considered by that Vestry and forwarding 58 copy of the resolution passed by the Vestry of Kensington thereon, and asking the Vestry to co-operate with them by appointing Delegates to attend a Conference to be held at the Kensington Town Hall. The Vestry, although the first to move in the matter, were very anxious that the whole of the local Authorities in the Metropolis should work harmoniously together, and as they felt that two independent Conferences would not tend to strengthen any representations which might be made to H.M. Government upon the question, they resolved to cordially unite with the Vestry of Kensington, and the position of the Kensington Town Hall especially commended itself as a convenient place of meeting for Delegates from the whole Metropolis. The Vestry therefore decided to forego the holding of a Conference, and appointed Messrs. |
dc540e4f-a353-4b83-91be-c48838b5af3a | F. Higgs, H. Tumor, and A. Bridge, Delegates to represent the Vestry at the Conference to be held at Kensington. The Vestry also addressed a further communication to the other Vestries and District Boards expressing a hope that they would adopt a similar course. Business Papers of the Country Council. The Vestry in September addressed a tion to the County Council, asking in common with the other Metropolitan Vestries and District Boards, that the Council would continue the practice established by the late Metropolitan Board of Works, and furnish the local authorities with the reports of the Committees of the Council before the meeting of the Council at which the same would be presented. |
3825fb7d-3815-406e-8478-df92d8a84620 | The Council however, considered it inexpedient that reports of Committees should be communicated to outside parties before submission to the Council, but stated that although the relation of the Council to the Vestries and District Boards differed very much from that of the late Metropolitan Board of Works, the Council were at all times desirous of affording to the local bodies all possible information respecting its proceedings, and of co-operating with them in promoting the interests of the inhabitants of London. The Vestry regret this decision, as it is very desirable that the 59 Councillors for the Local Divisions should be made acquainted with the views of the Vestry upon questions affecting this Parish before the Council come to a determination thereon. Opening of the Galleries of the RoyalAcademy of Arts on Saturday evening. With reference to the petition mentioned in the last report as having been presented by the Vestry to the Governing Body of the Royal Academy of evenings. |
6c7bc937-4fa9-4a2f-a095-da21cfcba0f0 | Arts, urging the extreme desirability of the ing of the art galleries on Saturday evenings, at a reduced fee, in order that the exhibition might be accessible to the working classes, a further communication was received from the Secretary to the Academy, stating that the President and Council regretted that, after giving the matter their very careful consideration, they found that there were certain difficulties of a practical character which render it, in their opinion, impossible to comply with the Vestry's request. Motions after notice The business introduced by private Members will be gathered from the following motions, which were submitted for the consideration of the Vestry after due notice, in accordance with the Bye-Laws; the name of the Member by whom the motion was introduced, and the result in each case, is also set out:— 10 April, 1889. Carried. By Mr. S.J. Mayzes—"That Mr. |
1df09435-0d41-4151-a865-37778b47c682 | C. W. Munslow be invited to attend the next Meeting of the Vestry in re Town Hall site, Lavender Hill." 10th April 1889. Adjourned. 24th April Lost. Mr. C. Marson— "That the Inspector of Nuisances be directed to attend the Meetings of the Vestry." 24th April 1889. Lost. By Mr. Overseer H. Turnor—"That a Special Committee of twelve Members be appointed, sisting of three from each Ward, to consider as to the advisability of revising the present code of Bye-Laws and to report thereon to the Vestry." 24th April, 1889. Carried. By Mr. Overseer W. Davies—"That the question of making up and paving Chesney Street and Park- side Street under orders of apportionment be referred to the Works and General Purposes Committee for consideration and report." |
a3e8935b-23e7-4a54-b41a-7d026b1f1cb7 | 60 24th April, 1889. Lost. By Mr. J. B. Eayrs— (1) "That a Time Book be prepared in which each Member of the Vestry and of Committees shall insert the time when he enters and also when he leaves the respective meetings of the Vestry and Committees." Referred to Works and General Purposes Committee. (2) "That the Vestry do consider as to a more efficient and economical method of lighting the Parish." 24th April, 1889. Referred to Works and General Purposes Committee. By Mr. C. Marson— (1) "That an Engine and Dynamo be erected at the Dust Destructor to supply the Stables with light." Referred to Works and General Purposes Committee. (2) "That the various pieces of vacant ground at the south-east corner of Battersea Park Gates be paved with tar paving or slab concrete." 8th May, 1889. Carried. |
90aa21dd-1837-496e-afae-215cc325acf2 | By Mr. W. F. Grey— "That a Special Committee consisting of twelve Members be appointed to consider and report as to the best means of establishing communication between the Beaufoy, the Shaftesbury Park and the Latchmere Grove Estates." 8th May, 1889. Adjourned. 22nd May, Referred to Street Cleansing Dusting and Depot Committee. By Mr. A. Bridge— "That the Parish Waterside Wharf, Lombard Road, be provided with a steam crane, in order that it may be utilized for the purpose for which it was intended." 22nd May 1889. Clerk directed to forward petition to Railway Companies asking them to improve approaches to station &suggesting the altera- By Mr. T. O. Shutter— (1) " To call attention to the inadequate, ionable, and dangerous approaches for foot passengers to the Clapham Junction Railway Station, more particularly the one leading from St. |
ee182c09-bf27-45f5-bcf6-ed8a05d2d749 | John's Hill." (2) "To suggest the alteration of name from 'Clapham' to 'Battersea Junction.' " 61 tion of name to Battersea Junction. (3) "To ask the Vestry to communicate (either by petition or deputation) with the several Railway Companies interested, as to the urgency and importance of these much needed alterations and improvements." 22nd May, 1889. Lost. By Mr. W. Willis— "That it be an instruction to the Street-keeper not to seize goods exposed for sale in the streets, unless the owners or person in charge shall have been previously summoned before a police magistrate and the summons shall have been adjudicated upon." 22nd May, 1889. Adjourned. 12th June, Lost. By Mr. |
8a4e8d8a-4532-405d-ad8b-753c59c868f1 | J. B. Eayrs— "That the Vestry do annually at the first meeting after the elections, nominate twelve members with the view that one of such members shall be elected to preside at the meetings of the Vestry held during the ensuing year." 22nd May, 1889. Adjourned 12th June, Carried. By Mr. E. R. Mansell— "That a Special Committee, consisting of the members of the various Standing Committees, be appointed to revise the Bye-Laws and report to the Vestry what alterations, additions and amendments (if any) they may consider necessary." 22nd May, 1889. Lapsed. By Mr. G. Halliday— "That in consequence of the seizure of cheeses by the Street-keeper on St. |
bd265ccb-af17-42dc-8096-170718bf52d2 | John's Hill, following the election of Vestrymen for Wards 1 and 2 who were elected with a mandate against such proceedings, that the Vestry direct the Works Committee to find other work for the Street-keeper." 22nd May, & 12th June, 1889. Adjourned. 26th June, Lost. By Mr. H. C. Symons— "That an Engineers and Metal Works Committee of twelve Members be appointed. 12th June, 1889. Carried as Amended. By Mr. J. B. Eayrs.— "That in future no person be appointed as a Member of any of the Boards in the Parish having power to spend the ratepayers' money, unless he is at the same time a Member 62 of the Vestry, and if at any time he ceases to be a Member of the Vestry he shall at once send in his resignation of any office he may hold on any such Board." |
ed3effb1-ff8e-4e39-b884-6cb69e2370de | 12th June, 1889. Lapsed. By Mr. G. Halliday.— "That the fair wage clause be inserted in all contracts of the Vestry, and that an assurance be obtained from each builder who applies to the Vestry for permission to build, that he pays the Trades Union rate of wages of his trade before such permission is granted." 12th June, 1889. Carried. By Mr. J. H. Dean.— "To ask the Vestry to instruct the Inspector of Nuisances to examine and report to the Sanitary Committee as to the necessity of erecting a public convenience at the Church Road end of Ford's Place." 12th June, 1889. Carried. By Mr. J. B. Eayrs.— "That a Member be now elected to fill the vacancy upon the Finance Committee." 26th June, 1889. Referred to Works, etc. Committee. By Mr. |
9f8462ee-a885-48df-b512-092ed851a074 | A. Hanstein.— "That the public gallery at the Vestry Offices, Battersea Rise, be enlarged, and a separate compartment allotted to representatives of the press." 26th June, 1889. Explanation given by the Surveyor. By Mr. Churchwarden H. Muspratt.— "To draw attention to the condition of the wall at the depot in Culvert Road, and to move a resolution thereon." 10th July, 1889. Explanation given by the Surveyor. By Mr. T. Y. Wright— "To ask (1) as to the cost of the erection of the new stables and other buildings at the Depot, Culvert Road, (2) the amount of the lowest tender submitted to the Vestry for the execution of the work, and (3) the sum named by the Surveyor which the builders were prepared to do the work for, with concrete made with the materials from the Destructors." 10th July, 1889. |
342d7de3-f9ff-4410-b4b2-0de728fd97eb | Carried. By Mr. F. Rummins— "That the ratepayers and inhabitants of this Parish view with great alarm and dissatisfaction the enormous increase in the 63 rates, and that this Vestry are of opinion that no sufficient reason has been given by the County Council for the exorbitant demand." 10th July, 1889. Clerk directed to write to County Council and Col. Rotton upon the subject. By Mr. T. O. Shutter— "To call attention to the delay in obtaining water in the case of a fire in Ingelow Road, Queen's Road, on Saturday, the 29th June, and to move the Vestry to take such action as shall prevent (if possible) any such delay in future." 10th July, 1889. Adjourned 24th July, Referred to the Works and General Purposes Committee. By Mr. |
c7bbf2d3-616d-4e37-b6c5-e7531dbbc190 | C. W. Munslow— "That having regard to the urgent necessity for repairing the footpaths in the following streets, the same be forthwith paved, &c., in accordance with the estimate of the Surveyor, the cost to be defrayed out of the sum of ,£"3,000 included in the estimates of expenditure approved by the Vestry for the current year for paving works, viz.:— Victoria Road, west side, from £ s. d. Prince of Wales' Road to the Bridge, new York paving (including Kerb re-set) 976 0 0 Albert Road, west side, north of Prince of Wales' Road, new York paving (including Kerb re-set) 256 0 0 Culvert Road, both sides from Battersea Park Road to Sheepcote Lane, new 12" by 8" Kerb, channelling and tar paving 664 0 0 St. |
38b36aba-7d34-44e4-af58-0a71778edc31 | John's Hill, south side from the railway bridge to Strath Terrace, and from Vardens Road to the boundary of the Parish, new York paving (including Kerb reset) and new 12" by 8" Kerb 802 0 0 £2,698 0 0 64 10th July, 1889. Lost. By Mr. E. Russell Mansell.— "That the Special Committee appointed to revise the Bye-Laws do meet on Thursday evening, July 18th, at seven o'clock, and thereafter on such dates and at such times as by said Committee may be considered necessary; the Solicitor to attend." 24th July, 1889. Lapsed. By Mr. A. Hanstein.— "That the letter from the Baths Commissioners to the Works and General Purposes Committee, in re Baths boundary wall, be read at the meeting of the Vestry to be held on the 24th July. |
e78b8f46-3ff9-47ff-8087-e66749f80112 | 24th July, 1889. Carried. By Mr. E. Russell Mansell— "That the Special Committee appointed by the Vestry to revise the Bye Laws do meet on September 12th, at seven o'clock p.m." 24th July, 1889. Carried. By Mr. T. Y. Wright— "That a communication be addressed to the Commissioners for Public Baths and Wash-houses for this Parish, enquiring why the water cannot be supplied hot enough to bathe in, and why one towel is allowed to bathers instead of two, and some of them are so wet as to be unfit for use." 24th July, 1889. Adjourned. By Mr. E. Benge— "That a member be now appointed to fill the vacancy upon the Sanitary Committee." 24th July, 1889. Adjourned, nth Sept., Carried. By Mr. |
2b2ae8c5-2006-465c-bad8-e57b76ca7e25 | J. B. Eayrs— (1) "That the minimum wages paid to ablebodied men employed by the Vestry be 25s. per week." 24 July, 1883. Adjourned, nth Sept., Question answered. (2) "To ask the Surveyor to state the cost of the refreshments supplied to the Committee of View at Mr. Purchase's public-house, Battersea Park Road, and in what form will the account be presented to the Vestry; and to move a resolution thereon." 65 24th, July, 1889. Adjourned, nth Sept., Carried as amended. (3) "To ask the Baths Commissioners if Mr. |
850573f8-b9af-47c9-9999-dc038b5d1cf0 | Evans, Battersea Park Road, has been able to carry out his contract to supply 3,000 towels as per contract for use at the baths; if not, if he has forfeited the £100 held as security for the due fulfilment of the contract; if the Commissioners intend to claim the security, and at what price they have been able to procure the towels for use, where they have obtained them from, and if they are as good in quality as those supplied as per contract." 11th Sept., 1889. Lapsed. By Mr. C. Marson.— "That considering the small accommodation for visitors at meetings of the Vestry, this Vestry do order that the necessary additional provision be made." 11th Sept., 1889. Surveyor to prepare and submit to Works, etc., Committee list ot roads urgently needing repair. By Mr. |
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