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Locality.
No. of Houses
sanctioned
to bo built and
drained.
No. of Houses
sanctioned to
be drained.
No. of additions
to Buildings
sanctioned.
No. of Dwelling
houses and Publie
Building,
&c., completed
within the year.
Lewisham
195
28
49
238
Penge
88
19
12
92
Locality.
No. of Frontage
drains laid.
No. of Shaft
Ventilators put
in the public
Sewers.
No. of Gullies
constructed
in Highway.
Man-holes
Constructed.
Lewisham
55
10
31
...
Penge
28
...
18
...
Some attention was paid to the subject of ventilating the
older sewers in the district, and in conjunction with the Medical
Officer I made a report as to the most desirable positions to place
the ventilators. See Minutes, 7th Feb., 1877, page 42, par. 11-1.
The work is now being carried out.
SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE.
I devoted a great deal of time during the year to the consideration
of the surface water drainage of the District. I
prepared a scheme for the surface water drainage of the Hamlet of
Penge (sec Minutes, 18th October, 1876, page 264, par. 21-1); and
in conjunction with this I made a large scale map of the Hamlet
of Penge, showing all the sewers and surface water drains in the
Hamlet. I also nearly completed the survey of all the existing
water courses in the Parish of Lewisham, together with a scheme
of surface water drainage for Sydenham and Forest Hill, which is
under the consideration of the Committee at the present time. The
following Table will give the names of new streets made or partly
made up by the Board during the year in which the surface water
and sewage has been separated. This will show that an effort is