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Lewisham 1874

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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as I can sweep the roads with a sweeping machine, I should
require ten carts to each machine.
Twenty-one new gullies were constructed in Lewisham, and
nine in the Hamlet of Penge. Some of the roads at present
are not well drained, but in a large district like Lewisham
such improvements must necessarily be carried out by degrees, on
account of the large outlay it would involve to cany out the work
at once. The total cost of the Highways in Lewisham, including
gullies, &c., during the year, was £7,876 and in Penge it was
£1,638,

Table: Population; Persons to an Acre ; Births and Deaths ; Annual Birth and Death Rates;MeanTemperatureand Rainfall, in the Year 1874, in London and Twenty other Large Towns of theUnitedKingdom.—(Registrar Generals Annual Summary, 1874.)

Population; Persons to an Acre ; Births and Deaths ; Annual Birth and Death Rates;MeanTemperatureand Rainfall, in the Year 1874, in London and Twenty other Large Towns of theUnitedKingdom.—(Registrar Generals Annual Summary, 1874.)

CITIES AND BOROUGHS.Estimated Population in the middle of the Year 1874.Persons to an acre, middle 1874.Births in 52 Weeks, ending 2nd Jan., 1873.Deaths in 52 Weeks, ending 2nd Jan., 1875.Annual Rate, per 1000 living, ofMean Temperature in 52 Weeks, ending 2nd Jan., 1875.Rainfall. in inches in 52 Weeks, ending 2nd Jan., 1875.
Births in 52 Weeks. ending 2nd Jan., 1875.Deaths in 52 or 53 Weeks in each Year.Deaths in 52 Weeks, ending 2nd Jan., 1875.
1874.1870.1871.1872.1873.1874.
In 21 Towns of the United Kingdom7,618,65536.6283,096193,32537.225.826.924.324.425.448.1Inches. 26 .35
London3,400,70145.1121,39476,60635.724.024.621.422.522.549.420.14
Portsmouth120,43626.83,8262,45331.822.119.322.918.420.4…25.75
Norwich82,25711.02,6061,93531.727.725.926.321.523.547.418.76
Bristol192,88943.37,0304,38236.428.423.222.023.122.7……
Wolverhampton70,89620.92,8221,69339.823.528025.925.123.948.227.74
Birmingham360,89243.014,8989,66441.323.024.923.024.926.848.627.80
Leicester106,20233.24,3532,56041.027.926.826.824.424.148.321.37
Nottingham90,89440.53,2042,25535.224.926.025.323.224.847.918.56
Liverpool510,64098.019,86016,33638.932.935.127.125.932.048.525.35
Manchester355,33982.813,94210,79939.229.831.228.030.130.448.033.84
Salford133,06825.75,8843,93544.225.830.425.829.329.647.534.99
Oldham86,28118.53,5572,56441.227.024.931.125.829.7……
Bradford168,03622.66,5284,39540.027.525.526.324.727.047.523.33
Leeds278,79812.911,5788,00141.528.726.427.927.628.748.221.70
Sheffield261,02913.310,8617,00941.626.528.326.025.826.948.322.30
Hull130,99636.05,3533,34040.923.823.226.123.925.546.621.66
Sunderland104,37831.64,2572,14340.820.936.526.522.823.4……
Newcastle.on.Tyne135,43725.25,5333 95940.925.432.226.330.129.2……
Edinburgh211,69147.86,8075 00532.223.726.926.522.023.6……
Glasgow508,109100.419 90015,80139.229.632.928.429.131.1……
Dublin314,66631.38,9038,19028.324.926.228.525.726.049.126.75

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Rain fell upon 129 days, and the rainfall was 8.210 inches
more than the corresponding period last year.
ROAD WATERING.
The watering of the roads in Blackheath and the greater
Portion of Lewisham Parish was done by the Board's horses and
men. In Sydenham and Forest Hill, Mr. William Stimpson
supplied horses and men at a contract price of 8s. 3d. per day.
In the hamlet of Penge Mr. Winnifrith supplied horses and men
at a contract price of 7s 9d. per day. The cost of the watering