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Lee 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lee]
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Metropolis Local Management Acts, and
Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
ELTHAM.
SURVEYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE TEAR
ENDING 25th MARCH, 1897.
To the Board of Works for the Lee District.
Gentlemen,
I beg to submit the following Report of the various duties
and works performed, so far as relates to my department for
Eltham Parish.
Sewage, Drainage and Cesspools.
1. The sewers generally throughout the Parish have been
cleansed and flushed by means of automatic syphon flushing
tanks and by the flushing van.