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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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Table:

locality.nature of nuisance.when reported.what remedy.
Forester Inn, SydenhamHouses at back of require draining—Simmons's and Unwin's housesNovember
Grote's Buildings, BlackheathDrained into ditchFebruary January, 1858
Garden Cottages, BlackheathOffensive drainageApril, May January, 1858
The Grove, SydenhamOffensive drainage adjacentAugust
Greyhound Inn, SydenhamComplaint of smell from stable adjoining Mr. Hammond's houseSeptember
Hindsley's Place, Sydenham 'Impassable and marshy roadJanuary
High Street, SydenhamOffensive privies at back of Fallwell's, viz., Baker's,January February
Butcher's, & Willoughby's housesMay
Hanover Street, LewishamNo water supplyFebruary, August, March, April,
Hanover Street, SydenhamBad and wet roadsMay February, August, March, April, May
Hanover Street, LewishamNo water, therefore drainage ineffectual. SmallpoxJune November
Hare and Billet, LewishamUrinal and dungheap offensiveSeptember
Hanover Street, SydenhamUndrained and offensiveSeptember, October, December
Hindsley's Place, Forest HillRoad filthy and impassableFebruary
KirkdalePoisonous drainage in open ditchApril, July, Aug., January, 1858
Kent House Farm, nearDungheap and butcher's offal near Kent House FarmSeptember
Loat's PitsDirty state ofFebruary
Loafs Pits, back ofHorse infirmary in course of erectionFebruary
Loampit Hill, EsplanadeFilthy stateApril
Loampit Yale, LewishamHouses undrainedApril, October, November
LewishamLibrary near 'Workhouse undrained ; sickness attributed to this causeApril
LewishamDitch (old watercourse) should be filled inApril
Lewisham, Hare and Billet InnUrinal offensive and exposedMay
LadywellHouses undrained; ditches very offensive; no water supplyJune, September