Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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congratulation that the sanitary condition of the sewers is improving
year by year, and that we are surely and steadily carrying out
a system of automatic flushing which I believe is not attempted
as yet in any part of the Metropolis. Below I give a complete
list of the flushing tanks constructed in the sewers up to the 25th
of March last. In the present year's estimate I included 13 flushing
tanks in Lewi sham, and 2 in Penge in addition to these.
Hamlet of Penge.
Locality. | Description of Work. |
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Parish of Lewisham.
Locality. | Superficial Yards. |
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The following list gives the position of the new Manholes
and Ventilators constructed in old sewers during the year:—