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A small amount of diarrhoea has been noticed; also hooping cough, which has affected
a few of the children at the North Surrey School.
I wish to re.direct your attention to the mass of sewage flowing into the Poole and
Ravensbourne rivers, and which is continually increasing in quantity as houses are
built. The drainage of the Crystal Palace, of the greater portion of Upper Norwood, of
the whole of Penge, and of Perry Vale, Sydenham (along which the sewage still runs
in an offensive open ditch), finds its way into these rivers. The Kent Water Company
fortunately have constructed an artesian well, which renders them less dependant upon
the river supply, and are very particular as to filtration, or more evil results would be
perceptible from this source.
It is known that a contaminated water supply is capable of producing typhoid fever,
and other formidable diseases.
The drainage of West Kent Park also requires your attention : the surface drainage
is bad, the roads are bad, the sewage is not well removed, the gullies are broken, the
gully holes are open and offensive; and it is one of the most unhealthy parts of the
district.
Several cases of scarlet fever occurred in the early part of the month in a court opposite
the Dolphin Inn, Lower Sydenham. The house requires cleaning and lime whiting,
and water supply attended to.
The house occupied by Mr. Remington, postman, Lower Sydenham, and the adjacent
houses, require draining into the sewer, and proper closets and water supply.
The above property is nearly opposite Mr. Cator's, New Road; the first is adjoining
property belonging to Mr. Wilson.
Meteorological tables and tables of mortality arc appended as usual.