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St Giles (Camberwell) 1869

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell, St. Giles]

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No. 11.—Park Road, near Meeting-house lane, Peckham.
Surface Value.
Ordnance datum+15.60.
At about 10ft. a soft dry sand was dug, which, continued
to about 16ftwhen a little water appeared.
The excavation was continued through similar strata,
with no appreciable addition of water, which however
boiled up in places, and great care was necessary
in securing the timber and kirb from buckling;
continued to 23ft. 6in. with like results. Further excavation
would probably have produced danger to
the adjacent sewer and roadway. The strata, being
pierced to the depth of 20ft. 6in., proved of a similar
nature. This well was then filled in, and the work
.abandoned.

Well.—Section shewing Strata, fyc., Parle Road, near Meetincj-house Lane.

Ordnance Datum.Depth Feet.Description of Strata.REMARKS.
+ 15.600Surface.Percolation of water to small extent only, in a shifting sandy excavation.
1
2Road metal.
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10Loam and clay. 1
11
]2
13
No Water14
15
16
17
18
19No water. Well abandoned.
20All silty sand, with very little water.
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22
23
23' 6"