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 Camberwell, St. Giles]
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No. 14.—Hill Street, Peckliam, near Langdale Road.
Surface Value,
Ordnance datum+11.20.
This well is also a success. The excavation for
several feet below the surface was through a brightcoloured
unpromising gravel, but at a depth of 17ft.
3in this strata changed to a coarse river ballast and
sand; well charged with water, which continued to
the termination of the excavation, at a total depth
of 26ft., giving a reservoir of 8ft. 9in.. No doubt
this, the last on the list of wells ordered by the
Vestry, will be one of the most successful in its supply.
Well.—Section shelving Strata, &c., at Hill Street, opposite Langdale Arms.
Ordnance Datum.. | Depth Feet. | Description of Strata. | REMARKS. |
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+11.20 | 0 | Surface. | |
1 | |||
2 | Road metal. | ||
3 | |||
4 | |||
5 | Loan | ||
6 | |||
7 | |||
8 | |||
—6.05— | 9 | Bright gravel, about 3 feet. | |
10 | |||
11 | |||
12 | |||
13 | Coarse river gravel and sand. | ||
14 | |||
15 | |||
16 | |||
17 | |||
17'3'' | |||
8ft. 9in. water. | 18 | Water level. | |
19 | Sharp sand and gravel. | Good supply of water. | |
20 | |||
21 | |||
22 | |||
23 | |||
24 | |||
25 | |||
26 |