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Seven deaths have been registered from epidemic disease, namely—
2nd Nov. Hooping cough, Paragon Mews, Blackheath.
6th „ Typhus fever, Upper Sydenham.
15th „ Typhoid fever, Rock Hill, Upper Sydenham.
5th „ Fever, Penge.
17th „ Scarlet fever, Penge.
20th „ Ditto, ditto.
20th „ Malignant sore throat, Rushey Green, Lewisham.
Four deaths have taken place from inflammation of the lungs.
Eight deaths have taken place from consumption of the lungs.
A woman, aged 63, died of gangrene, consequent upon fracture of the thigh bone.
A child, 1 year old, died of malignant disease of the skin.
Hooping cough is somewhat prevalent, and a few cases of scarlet fever have appeared
in the less favoured localities situated in Penge and Sydenham.
I have received complaints of the undermentioned nuisanccs, requiring your order for
their removal:—
Offensive overflowing privy, Bradshaw's, opposite the Sydenham Police Station;
Cleave, landlord. This requires filling in, and draining into the sewer.
Sion House, near the Church, Lewisham: nuisance from overflowing cesspool upon
the neighbours' premises.
The Drift Way, Lewisham: want of drainage.
Offensive manure heaps, near the Police Station, Lewisham. These heaps vary in
quantity, and are at times very offensive.
The accumulation of water upon the Building Land, in Stanstead Lane, overflows and
destroys the footpath, and renders it almost impassable. The neighbourhood of these
large pools of water must be damp and unhealthy.
The footpaths in Sydenham and Penge are many of them in a very filthy state, and
detrimental to health; and it remains to be considered whether some more permanent
pavement, in the most frequented parts, would not be cheaper, and contribute to the
health of the passengers.
Meteorological tables and tables of mortalitv are appended as usual.