'Old Houses in London Street, Dockhead, about 1810', (c1878). View from Jacob's Island of houses backing onto a water course. The stream, feeding into the River Thames, was the sole water-supply and means of sewage for residents. From Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, And Its Places. The Southern Suburbs, Volume VI, by Edward Walford. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York, c1878]