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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effected a great improvement in the drainage of the houses in
the Mount, and also of some of the houses on Sydenham-hill,
which drain to this road. A sewer between Bradford and Prospect
Roads was taken up and relaid for a portion of its length.
The Sewer in Wynell-road, mentioned in my last report, was
completed. A brick Sewer between Hadlow-place and Brunswick-place,
Penge, was found to have crashed in, and was taken
up and rebuilt.
The following table shows the number of houses sanctioned to be built, drained, &c., and number of gulleys and ventilators constructed:—
Division. | No. of houses sanctioned to be built and drained. | No. of houses sanctioned to be drained. | No. of additions to buildings sanctioned. | No. of dwelling houses, public buildings, &c., completed during year. | No. of frontage drains laid. | No. of gulleys constructed in Public Roads. | No. of manholes built on existing Sewers. | No. of Pipe Ventilators |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sydenham and Forest Hill | 438 | 149 | 22 | 422 | 81 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
Hamlet of Penge | 52 | 7 | 20 | 86 | 19 | ... | 4 | ... |
Total | 490 | 156 | 42 | 508 | 100 | 10 | 7 | 1 |
Manholes were built in Sydenham and Forest Hill, in
Sydenham-hill-road, Springfield, and Home Park Depot; in
Penge, in Hadlow-place, Stembridge-road, Tremaine-road, and
Oak-grove. The ventilating colunm in Carholme-road was raised
six feet, and a special ventilating column, with a fan in its base
driven by water power, was fixed in Sunder]and-road. The
water after driving the fan is used for flushing sewers.
IMPROVEMENTS.
The greatest improvement carried out during the year was
the widening of Dartmouth-road from No. 49 to the corner of
Raglan-street. The whole of the land, except that in front of