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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 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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The number of houses sanctioned to be built, drained, &c., &c., are set out in the following table:—
| Description of Works. | No. of Houses sanctioned to be Built and Drained. | No. of Houses, &c., sanctioned to be Drained. | No. of Additions to Buildings sanctioned. | No. of Dwelling Houses and Public Buildings, &c., completed within the year. | No. of Frontage Drains laid. | No. of Gullies constructed in Public Roads. | No. of pipe Ventilators constructed in old sewers. | No. of Manholes acting as ventilators constructed on old sewers. | No. of small manholes acting as Ventilators, constructed on old sewers. | No. of Flushing Tanks fitted with automatic syphons, constructed. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewisham Parish | 696 | 231 | 48 | 528 | 134 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Hamlet of Penge | 45 | 62 | 35 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 741 | 293 | 83 | 549 | 139 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Scrooby Street
Radford Road
Harvard Road
Brookdale Road, at the Retreat
Locality.
The positions, size, &c., of the new Flushing Tanks are
shown in the following Table:—
780
780
780
780
Capacity of
Tank in
Gallons.
9
9
6
8
Diameter of
Syphon in
Inches.