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I present to you a complaint put into my hands by a Committee of the Board of
Management of the North Surrey School, relating to an offensive nuisance resulting
?om the overflow of cesspools into the ditch bounding the school property.
I wish also to direct your attention to the importance of affording some means to the
?habitants of Ravensbourne Park, of draining their premises, by the construction of a
?wer. The offensive state of parts of the Park from want of drainage is already
efore you.
The premises known as Eliza Place, Forest Vale, Sydenham, inhabited by Miss Croxon
?nd another, arc offensive and prejudicial to health, from an old cesspool left in
?raining the premises.
Meteorological table and tables of mortality are appended as usual.
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.
Week
ending
Weight of
Air.
Barometer
corrected.
Mean
inches.
Temperature of Air.
Thermometer.
Prevailing
winds.
Rainy
days.
Amount
of rain
in
inches.
Highest.
Lowest.
Mean of
daily
readings.
Mar. 30
29.526
58°6
36°5
4 6° 2
S.W.
3
0.36
April 6
29.678
56.3
30.4
43.5
s.w.
4
0.47
13
30.259
63.5
28.6
44.2
N.E.
0
0.00
20
30.123
61.8
32.5
454
E.&N.E.
0
0.00
MAY.
DISTRICTS.
BIRTHS.
DEATHS.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Blackheath
8
7
15
1
3
4
Lewisham
8
12
20
4
5
9
Union Workhouse
—
—
—
4
2
6
Sydenham
18
22
40
9
10
19
Penge
11
4
15
4
2
6
Total
45
45
90
22
22
44
Gentlemen,
During the month (Saturday, the 20th of April, to Saturday, the 25th of May), the
births of forty.five males and forty.five females, total ninety, and the deaths of twenty.
two males and twenty.two females, total forty.four, have been registered.
The average mortality for the past six years shows a slight increase for this
month.
Hooping cough has been the most prevalent and the most fatal of the zymotic class
of diseases. A fatal case of typhus fever occurred at Lady Well, and a rapidly fatal
case of sore throat (not registered as malignant), also occurred in Exchequer Place,
Lewisham.
Nine deaths have occurred from zymotic disease, namely—
Lewisham—
May 1. Female, 25 years, typhus, Lady Well.
„ 4. Male, 20 years, cynanche tonsillaris, Exchequer Place.
Blackheath—
April 29. Female, 3 years, hooping cough, Essex Place.