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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 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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to provide office for the Clerk of the Board; office for the Secretary
of the Board ; Waiting Room.
General Office. This is placed as near as possible to main
entrance.
Surveyors' Department. The offices now used by the Parochial
Guardians to be added to the Surveyor's Department. Office
for the Surveyor to the Board; office for the Assistant Surveyor;
office for Clerks.
Contractors' Room and Waiting Lobby.
In extending the Board Room a Drawing Office is provided
beneath.
Sanitary Department. These offices are provided for in the
block facing Springfield Park Crescent, and comprise offices for
Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary Inspectors.
Vestry Clerks' Office adjoins the above.
Parochial Guardians' Offices. Provision is made, in extending
the present building on the west side, for these offices, with a new
entrance from the main road:—Office for the Clerk to the
Guardians; General Office; Rate Collectors' Office; Office Lavatories,
&c.
Main Staircase. The present staircase to be taken down and
a new one erected to admit of greater headway in extending the
Corridor through to the new entrance from Springfield Park
Crescent.
Basement.
Muniment room; three Strong rooms; Store room; Heating
Chamber; Coals, &c. These are placed under the General
Offices, &c. A Strong room and Store room are provided under
the Guardians' Offices for their use.
Second Floor.
Housekeeper or Caretaker. Three bedrooms, with a kitchen
and scullery for Housekeeper on this floor; also sitting room.
A separate staircase is provided for the Housekeeper.
The rooms in the roof of the building facing the main road
will be available for general storage purposes.

Table: HOUSES SANCTIONED TO BE BUILT, DRAINED, &c.The following table shews the number of houses sanctioned to be built, drained, &c.

HOUSES SANCTIONED TO BE BUILT, DRAINED, &c.

The following table shews the number of houses sanctioned to be built, drained, &c.

Locality.No. of Houses sane- ! tinned 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, Sc., completed within the year.No. of Frontage Drains laid.No. of Gullies constructed in Public Roads.No. of Manholes built on existing Sewers.No. of Flushing Tanks constructed on existing Sewers.No. of Ventilators erected on existing Sewers.
Blackheath, Lewisham, Brockley, &e.15622524513971059111

Table: SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE LAID.

SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE LAID.

Name of Road.length in feet.Size.Material.Remarks.
Bromley Road Improvement near St. Lawrence Church.21524-in.StonewareLaid in ditch.