[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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The Board of Morks Lewisham District.

RECEIPTS.								PAYMENTS.
1875.				£	s.	d.	£	LEWISHAM.		£	8.	d.	£	s.	d.

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The Board of Works Lewisham District.

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Summary Statement of the Receipts for the year ended 25th March ,1876 And of the Cash Balances at the commencement and end of the Tear.

Names of Account.	Balances, 25th March, 1875.						Receipts.			Expenditure.			Balances, 25th March, 1876.
Names of Account.	In C	redi	t.	In E	>ebt		Receipts.			Expenditure.			In Credit.			In Debt.
LEWISHAM.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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Names of Account.	Cash Balances, 20th March, 1876.						Assets.			Liabilities.			Financial Condition of the Board.
Names of Account.	In Credit.			In Debt.			Assets.			Liabilities.			In Credit.			In Debt.
LEWISHAM.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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SCHEDULE A.—General Purposes.Detailed Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure comprised and General Purposes.

RECEIPTS.
LEWISHAM.							£	s.	d.	s.

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???tailed Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure comprised under General Purposes , within the provisions of the 159th Sect. of the Metropolis Management Act, 1855.

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SCHEDULE C.—Lighting. Detailed Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure for the purpose of L???.

RECEIPTS.
LEWISHAM.	£	s.	d.	£.

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SCHEDULE D.—Sewerage Purposes. failed Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure comprised under Sewerage Purposes, exclusive of the Construction of Sewers.

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SCHEDULE E.—Sewers Construction. Detailed Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure for the purpose of Constr??? Sewers.

RECEIPTS.
LEWISHAM.	£	s.	d.	£.

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SCHEDULE F.—Paving, &c., Works—Loans. tiled Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure for the purpose of Paving.

RECEIPTS.
???HAM.				£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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SCHEDULE G.—New Streets. Detailed Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure in the Formation and P??? of New Streets.

RECEIPTS.
LEWISHAM.	£	s.	d.	£.

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SCHEDULE H.—Private Works. ???Jed Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure in the construction of Private Sewers and other Private Works.

RECEIPTS.
???HAM.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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Detailed Particulars of Receipts and Payments comprised under Establi ??? . Expenses, and apportioned in the first instance between the Parish of Lewish ??? and Hamlet of Penge, and subsequently between the several rates levied.

RECEIPTS.	£	s.	d.	£

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SCHEDULE J.—Mortgages—(Part 1.) ??? etailed Statement of Mortgages outstanding on the 25th dag of March, 1875.

No. on Register.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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SCHEDULE J.—Mortgages—(Part 2.) The foregoing Mortgages are chargeable on the Parishes and on the Rates or purposes undermentioned.

LEWISIIAM	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£

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SCHEDULE K.—General Purposes. ??? tiled Particulars of Assets and Liabilities comprised under General Purposes.

ASSETS.
HAM.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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SCHEDULE L.—General Purposes, 159th Sec. M. M. Act, ???359 Detailed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities comprised under Gernerl Purpes??? within the provisions of the. 159th .Section of the Metropolis Management Act,???

ASSETS.
LEWISHAM.				£	s.	d.	£.

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SCHEDULE M.—Lighting. Detailed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities for the purpose of Lighting.

ASSETS.
LEWISHAM.	£	s.	d.	£	s.

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SCHEDULE N.—Sewerage Purposes. ???failed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities for Sewerage Purposes, exclusive of the Construction of Sewers.

ASSETS.
???SHAM.				£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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SCHEDULE 0.—Sewers Construction. Detailed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities for the purpose of Constructin Sewers.

ASSETS.
LEWISHAM.	£	s.	d.	£

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SCHEDULE P.—New Streets. Detailed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities in the paving and forming New Streets, &c.

ASSETS.
???MSHAM.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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SCHEDULE Q—Private Works (Sewers, &c.) Detailed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities in the construction of Private Se??? and other Private Works.

ASSETS.
LEWISHAM.	£	s.	d.	£

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SCHEDULE R.—Paving Works. Detailed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities for the purpose of Paving.

ASSETS.
LEWISHAM.				£	s.	d.	£	s.

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SCHEDULE S.—Establishment Expenses.

ASSETS.
	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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SCHEDULE S. —Continued.

LIABILITIES-Continued.
	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£

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????phabetical List of the Accounts, &c., embodied in the foregoing Statement of Assets on Current Accounts (page 5).

		£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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Alphabetical List of Accounts, &c.—Continued.

		£

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???abetical List of the Persons to whom are owing the Monies rnprised in the foregoing Statement of Liabilities (page 4).

		£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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Alphabetical List of Persons, &e. Continued.

		£	s.	d.	£	s.

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Alphabetical List of Persons, &c.—Continued.

		£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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STATEMENT of comparison of Expenditure between the years 1873-4, 1874-5, and 1875-6.

LEWISHAM.	1873-4.	1874-5.	1875-6.

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Loans raised from the -1st January, 1856, to Lady-day, 1876.

No. on Register of Mortgages.	Date of Loan.	Amount borrowed.			9 Rate of Interest per cent.			Term for repayment.	Amount repaid to Lady-day, 1876.			Balance outstanding, Lady-day, 1876.			Purpose for which borrowed.
		£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	Years.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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TABLE F. Population, Inhabited Homes, Birth. s, Deaths, ami Marriages. (gross numbers).

Population Estimated at the middle of the Year 1875.*		No. of Inhabited Houses in Parish or District.	Births.	Deaths.	Marriages.

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TABLE II. Annual Rate of Mortality , Death among Children, Deaths in Public Institutions.

Years.	Annual Rate of Mortality per 1000 living.	Deaths of Children under 1 year: percentage to Total Deaths.	Percentage of Deaths of Children under 1 year to Total Births.	Deaths of Children under 5 years: per cent. to Total Deaths.	Percentage of Deaths in Public Institutions to Total Deaths.

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TABLE III. Deaths registered at several groups of ages from different causes during the year 1875.

Cause of Death. Classes.	AGES.														Total.	Males and Females
Cause of Death. Classes.	0 to 1	l to 2	2 to 5	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 35	35 to 45	45 to 55	55 to 65	65 to 75	75 to 85	85 to 95	95 & upwards.	Total under 5 years	Total.	M.	f.

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TABLE III. Deaths registered at several groups of ages from different causes during the year 1875.

Cause of Death. Classes.	AGES.														Total.	Male and Female
Cause of Death. Classes.	0 to 1	l to 2	2 to 5	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 35	35 to 45	45 to 55	55 to 65	65 to 75	75 to 85	85 to 95	95 & upwards.	Total under 5 years	Total.	M.	F.

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TABLE III. Deaths registered at several groups of ages from different causes during the year 1875.

Cause of Death. Classes.	AGES.														Total.	Male and Female.
	0 to 1	l to 2	2 to 5	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 35	35 to 45	45 to 55	55 to 65	65 to 75	75 to 85	85 to 95	95 & upwards.	Total under 5 years		Male and Female.
	0 to 1	l to 2	2 to 5	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 35	35 to 45	45 to 55	55 to 65	65 to 75	75 to 85	85 to 95	95 & upwards.	Total under 5 years		M.	F.

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TABLE IV. Showing Mortality from certain classes of Diseases , and proportions to Population, and to 1000 Deaths, 1875.

	Total Deaths.	Deaths per 1000 of Population.	Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths.

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TABLE V. Showing the number of Deaths in the 10 years, 1865 to 1874, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, and the number in 1875.

Disease.	1865.	1866.	1867.	1868.	1869.	1870.	1871.	1872.	1873.	1874.	Annual Average of 10 years, 1865-1874	Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years 1865-1874.	1875.	Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deathin 1875.

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TABLE VI. Inspectors Report of the Sanitary Work, &c., completed in the year ending December 31, 1875.

Total.	Black-heath & Lewis-ham.	Syden-ham.	Penge.	Sub-Districts.

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TABLE VII. The number of Inhabited Houses, the Estimated Population, 1875, with the Birth and Death Rate in the different Registrars' Sub-districts in Lewisham Parish and the Hamlet of Penge, together comprising "The Lewisham District”

Registrar' Sub-district.	Number of Inhabited Houses, Midsummer, 1875.	Estimated Population.	Number of Births, 1875.	Birth Rate per 1000.	Number of Deaths 1875.	Rate of Mortality per 1000.

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TABLE VIII. The Area, Census Population in 1861 and 1871, Estimated Population in 1875, and Mortality in various Metropolitan Districts and in England and Wales, &c.

Places.	Area in Square Miles.	Enumerated Population.		Population estimated to the middle of 1875.	Average Annual Mortality per 1,000 in the 10 years 1861-70.	Annual Rate of Mortality in 1875.
Places.	Area in Square Miles.	1861.	1871.	Population estimated to the middle of 1875.	Average Annual Mortality per 1,000 in the 10 years 1861-70.	Annual Rate of Mortality in 1875.

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and Rainfall, in the Year 1875, in London and Twenty of her Large Town of the United Kingdom.—(Registrar-Generals Annual Summary, 1875.)

CITIES and BOROUGHS.	Estimated Population in the middle of the Year 1875.	Persons to an acre, middle 1875.	Births in 52 Weeks ending 1st Jan., 1876.	Deaths in 52 Weeks ending 1st Jan., 1876.	Annual Rate per 1000 living of						mean Tempe- Rature in 52 Weeks, ending 1st Jan., 1876.	Rainfall in inches in 52 Weeks, ending 1st Jan., 1876.
					Births in 52 Weeks ending 1st Jan., 1876.	Deaths in 52 or 53 Weeks in each year.				Deaths in 52 Weeks, ending 1st Jan., 1876.
					Births in 52 Weeks ending 1st Jan., 1876.	1871.	1872.	1873.	1874.	1875.

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TABLE X. Number of Children between the ages of 3 and 13 years attending Schools under the supervision of the Libdib School Board in the Lewisham District, during the year ending 31st December, 1875, with the situation of the Schools.

Schools, and where situate.	Number on Roll.	Highest in any one day.	Average for the year.

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HIGHWAYS. The following Table will give the quantities of Material used in the repair of the Highways:—

Division.	Granite.	Port Philip.	Land Picked Flints.	Dug Flints.	Gravel.	Hard Core.	Total.

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Cost of Lighting the District of Lewisham. March , 1875, to March, 1876.

LEWISHAM.	1875.						1876.						Total.
LEWISHAM.	Midsummer.			Michaelmas.			Christmas.			Lady-Day.			Total.

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Lewisham.

Locality.	Description of Work.

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Penge.

Locai.ity.	Description of Work.

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ROCK ASPHALTE. The Table below will give the quantities of Limmer Rock Asphalte laid during the year.

Locality.	Square Yards.

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IMPROVEMENTS. The following Table will show the improvements which have been executed and under consideration during the year.

Improvements.	Remarks.

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NEW STREETS. The work of Paving and forming the following New Streets, under the 105th Section of the Metropolis Local Management Act, was completed or in hand.

name of street.	length.	estimated cost.			REMARKS.
LEWISHAM.	yds.	£	s.	d.

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The work of Paving and forming the undermentioned footpath, under the 106th section of the Metropolis Local Management Act, was completed.

name of footpath.	length.	estimated cost.			REMARKS.
		£	s.	d.

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SEWERAGE. The Board completed the under-named sewers during the year:—

Locality.	Length Feet run.	Size in inches.	Cost.			Description of Sewer.
LEWISHAM.			£	s.	d.

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The following Sewer was re-laid by the Board, the old one being very defective:—

Locality.	Length Feet run.	Size, in inches.	Cost.			Remarks.
			£	s.	d.

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The Table below will give the Sewers applied for by owners of private property, plans and sections being first submitted to your Board and afterwards to the Metropolitan Board of Works:—

Locality.	Length Feet run.	Size in inches.	Material.	Remarks.

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The following Tables give the number of Houses, sanctioned to be built and drained, also number of gullies, ventilating shafts, and man-holes constructed during the year:—

Locality.	No. of Houses sanctioned to be built and drained.	No. of Houses sanctioned to be drained.	No. of additions to Buildings sanctioned.	No. of Dwelling Houses and Public Buildings,&c., completed within the year.

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Locality.	No. of Frontages laid.	No. of Shaft Ventilators put into the public sewers.	No. of Gullies constructed in Highways.	Man-holes constructed.

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The Board of Morks Lewisham District.

The Board of Works Lewisham District.

Summary Statement of the Receipts for the year ended 25th March ,1876 And of the Cash Balances at the commencement and end of the Tear.

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SCHEDULE A.—General Purposes.Detailed Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure comprised and General Purposes.

???tailed Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure comprised under General Purposes , within the provisions of the 159th Sect. of the Metropolis Management Act, 1855.

SCHEDULE C.—Lighting. Detailed Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure for the purpose of L???.

SCHEDULE D.—Sewerage Purposes. failed Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure comprised under Sewerage Purposes, exclusive of the Construction of Sewers.

SCHEDULE E.—Sewers Construction. Detailed Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure for the purpose of Constr??? Sewers.

SCHEDULE F.—Paving, &amp;c., Works—Loans. tiled Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure for the purpose of Paving.

SCHEDULE G.—New Streets. Detailed Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure in the Formation and P??? of New Streets.

SCHEDULE H.—Private Works. ???Jed Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure in the construction of Private Sewers and other Private Works.

Detailed Particulars of Receipts and Payments comprised under Establi ??? . Expenses, and apportioned in the first instance between the Parish of Lewish ??? and Hamlet of Penge, and subsequently between the several rates levied.

SCHEDULE J.—Mortgages—(Part 1.) ??? etailed Statement of Mortgages outstanding on the 25th dag of March, 1875.

SCHEDULE J.—Mortgages—(Part 2.) The foregoing Mortgages are chargeable on the Parishes and on the Rates or purposes undermentioned.

SCHEDULE K.—General Purposes. ??? tiled Particulars of Assets and Liabilities comprised under General Purposes.

SCHEDULE L.—General Purposes, 159th Sec. M. M. Act, ???359 Detailed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities comprised under Gernerl Purpes??? within the provisions of the. 159th .Section of the Metropolis Management Act,???

SCHEDULE M.—Lighting. Detailed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities for the purpose of Lighting.

SCHEDULE N.—Sewerage Purposes. ???failed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities for Sewerage Purposes, exclusive of the Construction of Sewers.

SCHEDULE 0.—Sewers Construction. Detailed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities for the purpose of Constructin Sewers.

SCHEDULE P.—New Streets. Detailed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities in the paving and forming New Streets, &amp;c.

SCHEDULE Q—Private Works (Sewers, &amp;c.) Detailed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities in the construction of Private Se??? and other Private Works.

SCHEDULE R.—Paving Works. Detailed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities for the purpose of Paving.

SCHEDULE S.—Establishment Expenses.

SCHEDULE S. —Continued.

????phabetical List of the Accounts, &amp;c., embodied in the foregoing Statement of Assets on Current Accounts (page 5).

Alphabetical List of Accounts, &amp;c.—Continued.

???abetical List of the Persons to whom are owing the Monies rnprised in the foregoing Statement of Liabilities (page 4).

Alphabetical List of Persons, &amp;e. Continued.

Alphabetical List of Persons, &amp;c.—Continued.

STATEMENT of comparison of Expenditure between the years 1873-4, 1874-5, and 1875-6.

Loans raised from the -1st January, 1856, to Lady-day, 1876.

TABLE F. Population, Inhabited Homes, Birth. s, Deaths, ami Marriages. (gross numbers).

TABLE II. Annual Rate of Mortality , Death among Children, Deaths in Public Institutions.

TABLE III. Deaths registered at several groups of ages from different causes during the year 1875.

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TABLE III. Deaths registered at several groups of ages from different causes during the year 1875.

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TABLE III. Deaths registered at several groups of ages from different causes during the year 1875.

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TABLE IV. Showing Mortality from certain classes of Diseases , and proportions to Population, and to 1000 Deaths, 1875.

TABLE V. Showing the number of Deaths in the 10 years, 1865 to 1874, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, and the number in 1875.

TABLE VI. Inspectors Report of the Sanitary Work, &amp;c., completed in the year ending December 31, 1875.

TABLE VII. The number of Inhabited Houses, the Estimated Population, 1875, with the Birth and Death Rate in the different Registrars' Sub-districts in Lewisham Parish and the Hamlet of Penge, together comprising "The Lewisham District”

TABLE VIII. The Area, Census Population in 1861 and 1871, Estimated Population in 1875, and Mortality in various Metropolitan Districts and in England and Wales, &amp;c.

and Rainfall, in the Year 1875, in London and Twenty of her Large Town of the United Kingdom.—(Registrar-Generals Annual Summary, 1875.)

TABLE X. Number of Children between the ages of 3 and 13 years attending Schools under the supervision of the Libdib School Board in the Lewisham District, during the year ending 31st December, 1875, with the situation of the Schools.

HIGHWAYS. The following Table will give the quantities of Material used in the repair of the Highways:—

Cost of Lighting the District of Lewisham. March , 1875, to March, 1876.

Lewisham.

Penge.

ROCK ASPHALTE. The Table below will give the quantities of Limmer Rock Asphalte laid during the year.

IMPROVEMENTS. The following Table will show the improvements which have been executed and under consideration during the year.

NEW STREETS. The work of Paving and forming the following New Streets, under the 105th Section of the Metropolis Local Management Act, was completed or in hand.

The work of Paving and forming the undermentioned footpath, under the 106th section of the Metropolis Local Management Act, was completed.

SEWERAGE. The Board completed the under-named sewers during the year:—

The following Sewer was re-laid by the Board, the old one being very defective:—

The Table below will give the Sewers applied for by owners of private property, plans and sections being first submitted to your Board and afterwards to the Metropolitan Board of Works:—

The following Tables give the number of Houses, sanctioned to be built and drained, also number of gullies, ventilating shafts, and man-holes constructed during the year:—

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SCHEDULE F.—Paving, &c., Works—Loans. tiled Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure for the purpose of Paving.

SCHEDULE P.—New Streets. Detailed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities in the paving and forming New Streets, &c.

SCHEDULE Q—Private Works (Sewers, &c.) Detailed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities in the construction of Private Se??? and other Private Works.

????phabetical List of the Accounts, &c., embodied in the foregoing Statement of Assets on Current Accounts (page 5).

Alphabetical List of Accounts, &c.—Continued.

Alphabetical List of Persons, &e. Continued.

Alphabetical List of Persons, &c.—Continued.

TABLE VI. Inspectors Report of the Sanitary Work, &c., completed in the year ending December 31, 1875.

TABLE VIII. The Area, Census Population in 1861 and 1871, Estimated Population in 1875, and Mortality in various Metropolitan Districts and in England and Wales, &c.