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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

St Giles (Camberwell) 1869

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

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No. 14.—Hill Street, Peckliam, near Langdale Road.
Surface Value,
Ordnance datum+11.20.
This well is also a success. The excavation for
several feet below the surface was through a brightcoloured
unpromising gravel, but at a depth of 17ft.
3in this strata changed to a coarse river ballast and
sand; well charged with water, which continued to
the termination of the excavation, at a total depth
of 26ft., giving a reservoir of 8ft. 9in.. No doubt
this, the last on the list of wells ordered by the
Vestry, will be one of the most successful in its supply.

Table: Well.—Section shelving Strata, &c., at Hill Street, opposite Langdale Arms.

Well.—Section shelving Strata, &c., at Hill Street, opposite Langdale Arms.

Ordnance Datum..Depth Feet.Description of Strata.REMARKS.
+11.200Surface.
1
2Road metal.
3
4
5Loan
6
7
8
—6.05—9Bright gravel, about 3 feet.
10
11
12
13Coarse river gravel and sand.
14
15
16
17
17'3''
8ft. 9in. water.18Water level.
19Sharp sand and gravel.Good supply of water.
20
21
22
23
24
25
26