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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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REPORT
tO
The Board of Works for the Lewisham District
TO THE END OF THE YEAR 1886,
by
DR. FREDK WILKINSON,
Medical Officer of Health for the District.
Gentlemen,
The population of the Lewisham District, as estimated
at the middle of the year 1886, amounted to 85,300, occupying
13,613 houses. The population in 1881, at the time
of the census, was ascertained to be 71,715.
Births.
The Registered Births in the District in the year 1880
amounted to 2,324, of which 91, or 3.9 per cent., were illegitimate.
Males 1,157.
Females 1,167.
The Birth Rate to population was 27.24 per 1,000.
In London 133,700 births were registered, the Birth
Rate being 32.3 per 1,000, the lowest since 1850.
In England and Wales 903,216 births were registered,
the birth rate being 324 per 1,000, which is 2.0 below the
mean annual rate in the ten years 1876-85, and lower than
OF
1887.
No. | Date. | Name of Contractor. | Nature of Contract. | Amount or Trice of Contract. |
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1886. | ||||
1 | March 29 | Marshall, Mr. J. G. B. | For constructing a ventilating shaft in the Ivy Lane sevrer, with furnace, &c. | £75. |
2 | April 6 | Woodham, Messrs. W. and J. | Sewerage jobbing works | At a schedule of prices. |
3 | March 27 | Badham, Messrs. B. C. and Co | Ironwork for sewers | Ditto. |
4 | „ 27 | Moscr and Sons, Messrs | Tools, &c. | Ditto. |
5 | „ 31 | Pickernell, Mr. J.C. | Horse hire and cartage work | 7/9 for horse, cart, and man. |
6 | „ 29 | Gotta, Mr. W. | Ditto ditto | Ditto. |
7 | „ 29 | Pearce Mr. C. | Ditto ditto | Ditto and 31/- per day for horses for the road roller. |
8 | „ 27 | Woodham, Messrs. W. and J. | Ditto ditto | 8/- per day for horse, cart, and man, and 32/- for horses for the road roller. |
9 | „ 27 | Winnifrith, Mr. R. | Ditto ditto | 7/6 per day for horse, with cart and man. |
7/9 ditto. | ||||
10 | „ 30 | Wakeley Bros, and Co., Messrs | For forage, &c., for horses | At various prices. |
11 | „ 29 | Tuff, Messrs. C. &C. | Ditto ditto | The same. |
12 | „ 27 | Waterloow & Sons, Messrs., Limited | Stationery | At a schedule of prices. |
13 | April 9 | Stimpson, Mr. W. | Croydon gravel | 6/3 per yard. |
14 | „ 10 | Winnifrith, Mr. R. | Broken flints and dug flints | 8/6 and 6/7 per yd. |
15 | ||||
16 | „ 6 | Beevers, Messrs. E. and H. | Granite kerb and granite pitchers | 1/9 and 1/10 per foot run, and £1/1/6 per ton. |
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18 | „ 10 | Beevers, Messrs. E. and H. | Granite kerb | 1/10 per foot run. |
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