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BOARD OF WORKS
for the
GREENWICH DISTRICT.
Fortieth Annual Report of
the Board,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING THE 25th MARCH, 1896,
Of the Proceedings of the Board in the Execution of the Acts under
which it is constituted, and of the Proceedings taken by its
Authority for the Removal of Nuisances, and the Improvement
of the Sanitary Condition of the District.
The works of Sewerage and Paving completed during the year
are specified in the annexed Statements signed by the Engineer
and Surveyor, and Road Surveyor of the Board, respectively.
The statistics relating to the health of the District for the
year ending the 31st December, 1895, will be found in the
accompanying Reports of the Medical Officers of Health.
During the year, amongst other things, the Sanitary Inspectors
inspected 5,887 houses. Notices to perform Sanitary works
were served as hereunder detailed, viz.:—To provide proper and
sufficient water supply and water supplying apparatus to and
for water closets, 1,562; to provide proper and sufficient water