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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The positions of the special Lamps in the Division are shewn
in the following table:—
No. or Lamps. | |
---|---|
Albion Road, corner of Clarendon Road | 1 |
Blackheath Village | 1 |
Brockley Road, corner of Ivy Lane | 1 |
Brockley Road | 2 |
Catford Bridge | 1 |
Catford Road, in front of Board's Offices | 2 |
Ellerdale Street | 1 |
Eliot Hill | 1 |
High Street, Lewisham, on Drinking Fountain | 1 |
„ „ on Clock Tower | |
„ „ opposite Limes Grove | 1 |
„ „ corner of Ladywell Road | |
„ „ entrance to Churchyard | 1 |
Ladywell Road, on Railway Bridge | 1 |
Lewisham Road, at Lewisham Hill | 1 |
Loampit Vale, on County Bridge | |
,, „ corner of Railway Approach Road | 1 |
„ „ corner of Thurston Road | 1 |
Marnock Road (sewer gas destructor) | 1 |
Montpelier Vale, corner of Wemyss Road | 1 |
Rushey Green, by St. Laurence Church | 1 |
St. Margaret's Road | 1 |
Slaithwaite Road ... | 1 |
Tranquil Yale, corner of Montpelier Vale | 1 |
Tressillian Road | 1 |
33 |
An arrangement was made with the South Metropolitan Gas
Company in December last to substitute Incandescent burners for
the ordinary flat flame burners in the public street lamps. By this
arrangement the Company will supply and maintain the new
burners, and supply and fit new mantles whenever required, at a
fixed cost of £2 10s. per lamp per annum. This charge of course
includes lighting, extinguishing, cleaning, and maintenance as
before; if, however, the Board terminate this agreement before the
Company have been fully recouped for their outlay, the Board
will have to pay any balance that may be outstanding. By this
agreement there will be an ultimate saving, taking the existing