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

  • Fulham (London, England). Parish. Vestry.
Date:
[1893]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    18 Bishop's and West Meadows. Conveyancee to Vestry. On the 13th April- 1892, the solicitor was instructed with reference to the conditions of Transfer of the West Meadow and Bishop's Avenue to the Vestry, and on the 24th May, 1892, he produced the conditions upon which the Ecclesiastical Com missioners were willing to convey the West Meadow to the Vestry, and the same were approved, and he was instructed to submit a draft Contract for the consideration of the Vestry. The agreement with the Lord Bishop of London and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for the transfer of the West Meadow to the Vestry was produced to the Law and Parliamentary Committee, by whom it was approved on the 1st August, 1892, and, on their recommendation, it was sealed by the Vestry on the 3rd August, 1892. On the 19th Decem ber, 1892, the Solicitor was instructed by the Law and Parliamentary Committee to engage Mr. Casson, of Counsel, to settle draft Convey ance of the Bishop's and West Meadows to the Vestry, and on the 21st December, 1892, the Agreement of Conveyance. Fencing and Laying out. The Vestry on the 14th September, 1892, instructed the Surveyor to obtain Tenders for the necessary iron fencing to be erected on the Bishops and West meadows in accordance with agreement, the fixing to be done by the Vestry's workmen, and on the 28th September, he was further instructed to proceed with the formation of the raised bed adjoining the moat. On the 9th November, 1892, the tender of Messrs. D. Rowell & Co. to supply and fix the fencing at £211 8s. 4d., was accepted' The Surveyor was on the 24th January, 1893, instructed by the Vestry to proceed with the fencing at the Bishop's meadow by the moat, and have the bed adjoining the moat planted by Messrs. Fromow in accordance with their schedule of prices for planting the recreation ground, and on the 15th February, 1893, it was resolved that a footpath 12 feet wide —to be tar-paved—be constructed along the river frontage of the Bishop's and West meadows, and that the adjoining 20 feet be made up with gravel, a row of trees to be planted between the tar-paving and the gravel. The tender of Mr. R. Neal, for the supply of shrubs and trees was accepted by the Vestry on the 1st March, 1893. River Wall. The Vestry after advertising, and referring the matter back three times, finally accepted, on the 3rd August, 1892, Mr. J. Mears' tender at £12,800 for the carrying out and construction of the river-wall. On the 12th October, 1892, the Solicitor was instructed to see the Solicitor of the London County Council with reference to Vestry's application for a loan for the river-wall, and the Surveyor was instructed to prepare a statement as to amount of loan to be applied for, and, on the 23rd November, 1892, the Solicitor reported as follows:— That since the last meeting he had been in communication with the Solicitor to the London County Council, with reference to the proposed loan of £7,800 for the River Wall, and had now