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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
Greenwich 1897
Annual report for the year ending 25th March, 1898
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| Name of Parish. | New granite and other kerbs. | Old granite and other kerbs. | New York and other flag paving. | Old York and other paving relaid. | Tar Composition. | Brick Paving. | Wood Paving. | New granite cubes in channels, &c. | Old granite cubes and pitching relaid. | Broken Guernsey and other granites. | Broken Flints. | Broken Kentish rag and ship stones. | Gravel and Ballast. | Board's Horses. | Hired Horses. | Horses used by Sewer Department. | Time lost by Sick Horses. | Decrease inStock of Horses. | Horses purchased. | Horses kept by Board on 25th March, 1898. | Steam Road Rolling by Board's and Hired Rollers. | Number of Lamps to25th March, 1897. | Number of Lampsfixed to 25th March, 1898. | Total Number of Lamps. | Length of Roads and Streets kept in repair. | Total length of Roads and Streets in the District. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day. | Slopping. | Dusting. | Watering. | Day. | Slopping. | Dusting. | Watering. | By Mortality. | By Sale. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Greenwich | 914 | ... | 12625 | 810 | ... | 165 | 1968 | 1890 | 665 | 2480 | 1839 | 1110 | 496 | *1113 | 1751 | 4351 | 779 | 600 | 1110 | 1 | 1149 | 284 | 110 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 178 | 1069 | 17 | 1086 | 35 | 660 | 37 | 0 |
| St. Nicholas, Deptford | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 94 | 14 | 108 | 3 | 446 | 3 | 446 |
| St. Paul, Deptford | 2593 | 6501 | 9636 | 43228 | ... | 745 | ... | 64 | 2202 | 2784 | 828 | 1335 | 907 | 1049 | 2246 | 5381 | 612 | 533 | 1099 | ... | 1207 | 285 | 659 | 2 | 1 Cob 1 Pony 10 | 11 | 1 Cob 32 | 199 | 1276 | 20 | 1296 | 46 | 600 | 47 | 0 |
| Totals | 3507 | 6501 | 22261 | 44038 | ... | 910 | 1968 | 1954 | 2867 | 5264 | 2667 | 2445 | 1403 | 2162 | 3997 | 9732 | 1391 | 1133 | 2209 | 1 | 2356 | 569 | 769 | 3 | 1 Cob 1 Pony 14 | 17 | 1 Cob 1 Pony 62 | 377 | 2439 | 51 | 2490 | 84 | 1706 | 87 | 446 |
* Including horses used for carting bedding to yard for disinfecting (159).
The Approach to Creek Bridge, in the Parish of Greenwich, has been paved with 3-inch by 7-inch Norway granite cubes (830 yards super).
In addition to the above works executed for the repairs and maintenance of the several Highways generally in the District, the following new Roads and Streets have been taken charge of by the Board,
under the 105th Section of the Metropolis Local Management Act, and formed and paved:—
Parish of Greenwich.—Dornberg Road, Siebert Road, Humber Road (2nd portion), Vanbrugh Hill, Conington Road, Selcroft Road, Armitage Road, Collerston Road, and Banchory Road.
Parish of St. Paul, Deptford.—Waller Road (2nd portion), Upcot Street (2nd portion), Blockhouse Street (2nd portion), Charles Place, Stockholm Road, Bolina Road, Erlam Road, Haydock Road, and
Senegal Road.
JAMES R. HEWARD,
Road Surveyor.
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