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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 1857
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham District]
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FROM JANUARY, 1857, TO MARCH, 1858, BOTH INCLUSIVE.
| locality. | nature of nuisance. | when reported. | what remedy. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Almshouses, Lea-thersellers' | Undrained | February March | |
| Anerley | Offensive drainage into ditches | February | |
| Anerley | Drainage into piece of old canal | February | |
| Anerley | Complaint of inhabitants that water near Anerley Station, from its elevation above adjoining houses, occasions much dampness | May | |
| Anerley | Water receiving drainage here; very offensive | February | |
| Arnold's Mill, Lewisham | Closet for workpeople over stream near Kent Water Works | July | New closet erected |
| Anerley Gardens | Offensive state of the water from drainage, &c. | June | |
| Albion Terrace, Sydenham | Cesspools under houses, and open and offensive drainage running by the end of Raglan Street | September | |
| Bell Green | Gas refuse | January | |
| Bath Place, Blackheath | Want of drainage and dirty state | February, March, May, July, Oct., Nov., Dec., Jan., 1858, Feb., 1858 | |
| Brockley Lane | Offensive drainage | February | Sewer constructed |
| Botany Bay, Lewisham | Drainage into stream | March | |
| April | |||
| Bridge Street, Lewisham | Offensive drainage (smallpox) | June | |
| Little Blackeath Hill | Pigs and manure heap in cowkeeper"s yard | July | |
| Belle's Cottages, West Kent Park | Require efficient drainage | August | |
| Bell Green | Offensive drainage at Cow-burn's houses, Lower Sydenham | July August | |
| Brockley Park | No drainage but into cesspools overflowing into ditches | October | |
| Blackheath | Drainage contaminates well water at Mr. Bryan Don-kin's (fever in consequence) | November February, 1858 | Sewer constructed |
| Camden Cottages | Cesspool and want of drainage | February, March, July | Sewer constructed |