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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 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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HIGHWAYS.
The following Table shows the various materials, with the quantity of each description used during the year for the maintenance of the public Roads :—
| Division. | Broken Guernsey Granite. | Port Philip Stone. | Picked Flints. | Dug Flints. | Gravel. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewisham Parish (cubic yds.) | 4517 | 1645 | ... | 2810 | 1927 | 10,899 |
| Hamlet of Penge (ditto) | 761 | 830 | 846 | 2437 | ||
| Total | 5278 | 1645 | 830 | 2810 | 2773 | 13,336 |
The rainfall, as registered by the raingauge at the Forest Hill Stoneyard, from the 26th March, 1888, to the 25th March, 1889, both inclusive, was as follows :—
| Number of days on which snow or rain fell. | inches. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1888 | March 26th to 31st, inclusive | 0.64 |
| 15 | April | 1.75 | |
| 6 | May | 0.64 | |
| 16 | June | 3.66 | |
| 23 | July | 6.50 | |
| 9 | August | 2.67 | |
| 10 | September | 0.73 | |
| 8 | October | 1.34 | |
| 19 | November | 3.86 | |
| 10 | December | 0.97 | |
| 8 | 1889 | January | 0.97 |
| 15 | February | 2.38 | |
| 11 | March, to 25th inclusive | 1.31 | |
| Total 155 | Total | 27.42 | |
In the Parish of Lewisham 40 lamps were moved and four in
the Hamlet of Penge.
The Victoria lantern and burner was removed from the
corner of Thurston Road to the corner of Albion and Clarendon
Roads, to replace the ordinary lamp there, and a new column and
lantern, fitted with a twelve feet per hour burner, was fixed at the
corner of Thurston Road. Lambeth lanterns, to burn twenty feet
per hour, were fixed at Tranquil Vale and Montpelier Vale, and a
similar lantern, but fitted with a ten feet per hour burner, was
fixed at Westwood Park. Messrs. Bray and Co. supplied lamps and