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]
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main pipes. The Board were therefore compelled to resort to the
best substitute for gas which could be found, and regret that it has
failed to realise their expectations. They are, however, led to expect
that the contract with the Phœnix Gas Company will be
renewed for the ensuing season, upon the same terms as heretofore.
The Sewerage works constructed during the year ending the 25th March last, are, as appears from the following statement, compiled from particulars furnished by the Sewers' Surveyor.
LOCALITY OP WORK. | LENGTH IN FEET. | SIZE. | MATERIALS. | COST. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LEWISHAM. | £ | s. | d. | |||
North-east side of Kirkdale, from the Road to the London and Brighton Railway | 840 | 3ft. by 2ft. | 163 | 6 | 9 | |
Along the East side of Blackheath Village | 500 | 1ft. 6in. by 1ft. 6in. | Half-brick | 81 | 12 | 11 |
* Suburban Grove, Lower Sydenham | 800 | 12 inch | Pipe | |||
* Wells Road, Sydenham | 1770 | Ditto | Ditto | 151 | 17 | 11 |
Between Dartmouth Road, Forest Hill, and the London and Brighton Railway | 260 | 3ft. by 2ft. | Half-brick | 73 | 5 | 5 |
Three Tuns Passage, Blackheath | 94 | 9 inch | Pipe | 12 | 8 | 1 |
PENGE. | ||||||
Valley line South of Anerley Roadand branches therefrom | 136 | 6 inch | Ditto | 352 | 7 | 8 |
370 | 12 inch | Ditto | ||||
1270 | 3ft. by 2ft. | Half-brick | ||||
Clay Lane | 670 | 3ft. 4in. by 2ft. 3in. | Ditto | 881 | 4 | 2 |
Green Lane | 1124 | 3ft. 9in. by 2ft. 6in. | One brick | |||
Ditto (temporary) | 580 | 2ft. by 2ft. | Half-brick | |||
Beckenham Road | 900 | 3ft. by 2ft. | Ditto | 230 | 14 | 0 |
* Note. The sewer in Suburban Grove was constructed at the cost of the owners of
the property there, and contributions amounting to £95 were made by Mr. Saxton and
the authorities of the Roman Catholic Institution in Wells Road, towards the cost of the
sewer there.
The Financial condition of the Board has by a great effort during
the past year been brought into a satisfactory position, and the
balance in the hands of the Board on the 25th March, 1859, will,
it is believed, admit of a material reduction in the rates for the
year ensuing. This result arises from a reduced expenditure upon
the Highways, and for lighting Lewisham Village, and from the