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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 1874
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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New Streets.
| name of street. | length. | cost. | Remarks. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEMISHAM. | yds. | £ | 8. | d. | |
| St. Stephen's Terrace | 147 | 102 | 6 | 9 | Completed. |
| St. Germain's Road | 183 | 356 | 5 | 1 | Completed. |
| * St. Stephen's Road | 118 | 92 | 6 | 3 | Completed. |
| Abbott's Cottages | 140 | 112 | 3 | 3 | Completed. |
| Brockley Place | 75 | 57 | 16 | 0 | Completed. |
| Thornford Road | 200 | 546 | 18 | 1 | Completed. |
| PENGE. | |||||
| Crystal Palace Station Road | 42 | 122 | 12 | 8 | Completed. |
| 905 | |||||
During the year some attention has been paid to improving
the ventilation of the public sewers. The following list will show
where the 57 ventilators were constructed:—
Lewisham.
Ryecroft Road 1
Court Hill Road 1
Near Taylor's Lane 1
Perry Rise 2
Devonshire Road 1
6
Penge.
Versailles Road 2
Belvedere Road 5
Tudor Road 2
Anerley Grove 2
Palace Road 1
Cintra Park 3
Anerley Road 2
Anerley Yale 1
Hamlet Road 1
The work of paving and forming the following Streets, under the 106th Section of the Metropolis Local Management Act, was completed.
| LEWISHAM. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blyth Hill | 250 | 56 | 8 | 6 | Gravel off Asphalted paths used. |
| Church Vale | 133 | 41 | 0 | 0 | Old Kerbing used. |
| Havelock Mews | 133 | 34 | 3 | 0 | Ditto |
| PENGE. | |||||
| Road near "Crooked Billet" | 50 | 172 | 0 | 0 | New Kerbing and channelling used. |
| 566 |