Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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UNDERGROUND WATER SUPPLIES
23 | London Transport Executive, Old Woolwich Road, S.E.10. | Do. | — | Enclosed type, pump left sealed. Protected from pollution. | |
24 | London Electricity Board, Power House, S.E.10. | 2 Wells 300 ft. deep. | Sealed. | Yielded brackish and polluted water In 1935. | Not used since March 1947. Wells plugged with concrete and back filled. |
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26 | London Electricity Board, Stowage Wharf, Deptford, S.E.8. | No. 1 Well— 500 ft. deep. | Do. | Concreted over. | |
27 | Do. | No. 2 Well— 500 ft. deep. | Do. | — | Concreted over. |
28 | Do. | No. 3 Well— 100 ft. deep. | Do. | — | Capped iron and concrete. |
29 | Do. | No. 4 Well— 186 ft. deep. | Do. | — | Concreted over. |
30 | Carbide Stores Ltd.. 1 & 2, Kirkland Place, S.E.10. | 2 Wells 184 ft. deep. | Do. | (Water said to have been salt). | Both concreted over. |
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32 | Molasslne Co., Riverway, S.E.10. | 170 ft. deep. | Do. | — | Concreted over. |
33 | Formerly Beehive Brewery. Church Street, S.E.10. | 276 ft. deep. | Abandoned. | — | Site not traced. |
34 | Flams'eed's Well, Royal Observatory. S.E.10. | In garden of Astronomer- Royal. | Do. | — | Do. |
35 | Formerly Mr. Hills, Eastney Street, S.E.10. | 159 ft. deep. | Do. | — | Do. |
36 | House adjoining, "Sun-in-the-Sands", Shooter's Hill Road, S.E.3. | 139 ft. deep. | Do. | Do. | |
37 | J. B. Orr. Ltd., Riverside, 8.E.10. | Four borings. | Do. | Water extremely hard, brackish when last analysed. | Do. |
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41 | Formery Royal Hospital Brewery. King William Walk. 8.E.10. | 305 ft. deep. | Do. | Exact site not traced, but concreted in under roadway. |