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 District]
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locality. | nature op nuisance. | when reportd. | means adopted to remedy. |
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Hanover Street, Lewisham | Ditto ditto, the yards and gardens abutting on Mr. Robinson's premises are in a dreadful state; no communication with the sewer | April | Not remedied, but in hand |
Hither Green Lane, Lewisham | Offensive ditch receiving drainage | April | Not remedied |
Hindsley's Place | Offensive smell of drains | May | This appears to be a bad trap only |
High Street, Sydenham | Open offensive ditch at back of some houses, receiving drainage from slaughterhouses, &c. | January | Not remedied |
Lewisham | Stagnant water in ditch and old water-course | June | |
Lady-well | Thirteen houses are entirely without water supply, the Lady-well being cut off | June | |
Loat's Pits, Blackheath | Total want of drainage, deficient water supply, open privies, and the most filthy accumulations | January | Not remedied |
Lewisham | Drains entering old bed of stream, although there is a sewer | January | Not remedied, but in hand |
Lee Bridge, Lewisham | Drains from upwards of 20 houses built by Mr. Fearn-ley, of Lewisham, open into Lee brook, thence into Ravensbourne | February | Not remedied, but in hand |
Lewisham, opposite Toll Gate | Bad drainage and state of cowkeeper's yard | April | Not remedied, but in hand |
Lewisham Bridge | Above this bridge, North Cottages, Sophie's Place (24 houses), drain in an offensive manner into the Ravensbourne | April | Not remedied, but in hand |
Lee Bridge, Lewisham | Mr. Owen, butcher, and Mr. Bull's, drain into the Quaggy stream | Not remedied, but in hand | |
Lewis Grove, Lewisham | Twenty-two houses discharge all conceivable nuisances into the river | In hand | |
LimesVilla, Lewisham | The drains discharge into Quaggy; this is close to the new sewer | May | Not remedied |
Lewisham | Bed of stream partially dry; very offensive and unhealthy | May | In hand |
Lady-well, Lewisham | House belonging to Mr. Holdsworth, and 12 others, including cowkeeper's, drain into Ravensbourne (including privies) | May | Not remedied |
Lewisham | In rear of Mr. Hadley's premises, from Vicarage to Mr. Penn's, exists an offensive black ditch, without fall; a great source of disease | This is completed |