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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lewisham 1909
Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham and report of the Public Analyst for the year 1909
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| Name of Street. | Applications. | Certificates | Date. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Houses. | Number of Dwellings. | Granted. | Refused. | ||
| Abernethy Road | 6 | 12 | 12 | - | December |
| Beacon Road | 8 | 16 | 16 | - | June |
| Belmont Park | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | March |
| Blackheath Hill | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | February |
| Blagdon Road | 2 | 4 | 4 | - | June |
| Burnt Ash Hill | 2 | 4 | 4 | - | March |
| Burnt Ash Road | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | April |
| George Lane | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | June |
| High Road, Lee | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | April |
| Manor Park | 1 | 4 | 4 | - | December |
| Sydenham Road | 2 | 4 | 4 | - | February |
| West Hill | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | May |
| Totals | 27 | 59 | 59 | - | |
HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSPECTION.
During the year house-to-house inspection was made in
the following roads and streets :—Champion Park (part),
Craythorne Street, Dillwyn Road, Eddystone Road, Gillian
Street, Horton Street, Kirtley Road, Loampit Vale, Ladywell
Road (part), Mill Road, Porthcawe Road, Railway Terrace,
Ronver Road, and Thurston Road.
In the course of this systematic inspection only one case
of overcrowding came to our notice. Of the 675 houses inspected
however, only 50 or 7.4 per cent. were without a nuisance of