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 Chislehurst]
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The remaining properties in the Urban District, not in the previous five groups, are as under:—
District. | No. of Premises. | |
---|---|---|
Residential | Non-P.esidential | |
Lamorbey. | ||
Blackfen Road | 8 | |
Burnt Oak Lane | – | 1 |
Days Lane | – | 1 |
Hurst Road | 1 | 1 |
Sidcup. | ||
Bexley Lane | 1 | |
Oxford Road | – | 1 |
Station Road | 1 | – |
Foots Cray. | ||
Church Road | 1 | – |
Palm Avenue | 2 | — |
North Cray. | ||
Birchwood Corner | 24 | — |
Bunkers Hill | 6 | — |
Old London Road | 4 | — |
Parsonage Lane | 16 | — |
St. Paul's Cray. | ||
Broomwood Road | 4 | – |
Chapmans Lane | 15 | – |
Cookham Lane | 2 | — |
Hockenden Lane | 24 | — |
Land Way | 3 | – |
Sandy Lane | 11 | — |
Sidcup By-Pass | — | 4 |
Trunks Alley | 2 | – |
Chislehurst. | ||
Botany Bay Lane | 5 | – |
Camden Grove | 1 | – |
Elmstead Lane | 3 | 1 |
Hawkwood Lane | 2 | – |
Kemnal Road | 1 | – |
Old Station Hill | 1 | – |
Orpington Road | 1 | – |
Scadbury– | 3 | – |
Total | 142 | 9 |
The matter of cesspool drainage is before the Local Authority
and is receiving their active attention. In the main the subsoil is
chalk, which makes a percolating cesspool a danger.