London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Greenwich 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]

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UNDERGROUND WATER SUPPLIES

23London Transport Executive, Old Woolwich Road, S.E.10.Do.Enclosed type, pump left sealed. Protected from pollution.
24London Electricity Board, Power House, S.E.10.2 Wells 300 ft. deep.Sealed.Yielded brackish and polluted water In 1935.Not used since March 1947. Wells plugged with concrete and back filled.
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26London Electricity Board, Stowage Wharf, Deptford, S.E.8.No. 1 Well— 500 ft. deep.Do.Concreted over.
27Do.No. 2 Well— 500 ft. deep.Do.Concreted over.
28Do.No. 3 Well— 100 ft. deep.Do.Capped iron and concrete.
29Do.No. 4 Well— 186 ft. deep.Do.Concreted over.
30Carbide Stores Ltd.. 1 & 2, Kirkland Place, S.E.10.2 Wells 184 ft. deep.Do.(Water said to have been salt).Both concreted over.
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32Molasslne Co., Riverway, S.E.10.170 ft. deep.Do.Concreted over.
33Formerly Beehive Brewery. Church Street, S.E.10.276 ft. deep.Abandoned.Site not traced.
34Flams'eed's Well, Royal Observatory. S.E.10.In garden of Astronomer- Royal.Do.Do.
35Formerly Mr. Hills, Eastney Street, S.E.10.159 ft. deep.Do.Do.
36House adjoining, "Sun-in-the-Sands", Shooter's Hill Road, S.E.3.139 ft. deep.Do.Do.
37J. B. Orr. Ltd., Riverside, 8.E.10.Four borings.Do.Water extremely hard, brackish when last analysed.Do.
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41Formery Royal Hospital Brewery. King William Walk. 8.E.10.305 ft. deep.Do.Exact site not traced, but concreted in under roadway.