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Lewisham 1877

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

Published
1878
Pages
85
Tables
71

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    The B o a r d of W or k s ??? Lewisham District. Statement of the Receipts and Expenditure of the Boa rd for the year ended 25th March, 1878. Of which detailed particular ??? i s ed in the Schedule s referred to.
    RECEIPTS.PAYMENTS.
    1877.£s.d.£s.£s.d.£s.d.
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    The Board of Works Lewisham District Statement of the Monies owing to and the Debts ???bilities of the Board on the 25th March, 1878. Of which detailed particulars ??? rised in t he Schedule s referred to.
    MORTGAGES. LIABILITIES.ASSETS.
    LEWISHAM.£s.d.£d.MORTGAGES.
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    Summary Statement of the Receipts and Payments for the year ended 25th March, 1878, And of the Cash Balances at the commencement and end of the Year.
    Names of Accounts.Balances, 25th March, 1877.Receipts.Expenditure.Balances, 25th March, 1878.
    In Credit.In Debt.In Credit.In Debt.
    Lewisham£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£S.d.£s.d.
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    head of Expenditure on the 25th March, 1878.
    Names of Account.Cash Balances, 25th March, 1878.Assets.Liabilities.Financial condition of the Board.
    In Credit.In debtt.In Credit.In Debt.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£sd.£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE A.—General Purposes. Detailed Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure comprised under General Purposes.
    RECEIPTS.
    LEWISHAM.£s.d.£s.
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    SCHEDULE B.—General Purposes, 159th Sec. M. M. Act, 1855. ??? iled Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure comprised under General Purposes within the provisions of the 150th Sec. of the Metropolis Management Act, 1855.
    ???SHAM.£s.d.£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE C.—Lighting. Detail e d Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure for the purpose of L ig ht ing
    RECEIPTS.
    LEWISAM.£s.d.£s
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    SCHEDULE D.—Sewerage Purposes. ??? ailed Particulars of the Receipts a nd Expenditure com p rised under Sewerage Purposes , exclusive of the Construction of Sewers.
    RECEIPTS.
    ???SHAM.£s.d.£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE E.—Sewers Construction. Detailed Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure for the purpose of Construct, Sewers.
    RECEIPTS.
    LEWISHAM.£s.d.£s.
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    SCHEDULE F.—Private Sewers. Detailed Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure in the Construction of Private Sewers.
    RECEIPTS.
    ???SHAM.£s.d.£s.d.
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    SCHEDUL0E G.—Private Works. Detailed Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure in the Construction Private Works.
    RECEIPTS.
    LEWISHAM.£s.ds.
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    SCHEDULE H.—Paving, &c., Works—Loans. ??? itai l ed Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure for the purpose of Paving.
    RECEIPTS.
    ???SHAM.£s.d.£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE X.—Establishment Expenses. Detailed Particulars of Receipts and Payments comprised under Establishment p en ses, and apportioned in the first instance between the Parish of Le w isham and Hamlet of Penge, and subsequently between the several rates levied.
    RECEIPTS.£s.d.£s.
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    SCHEDULE Y. — New Streets. Detailed Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure in the Formation and Paving of New Streets .
    ??? AM. RECEIPTS.£s.d.£.s.d.
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    SCHEDULE A A.—General Purposes. Detailed Particulars of Assets and Liabiliti e s comprised u nde r General Purpos e
    LEWISHAM. ASSETS.£s.d.£s.d.£s.
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    SCHEDULE B B.—General Purposes, 159th Sec. M. M. Act, 1855. ??? l e d Particulars of Assets and Liabilities comprised under General Purposes within t he provisions of th e 15 9 th Section of t he Metropolis Management Act, 1855.
    ASSETS.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE C C.— Lighting. Detailed Particulars of Assets a n d Liabilities for t he purpose of Lighting ,
    LEWISIIAM. ASSETS£s.d.£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE D D.—Sewerage Purposes. Detailed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities for S ew e rage Purposes, exclu sive of the Construction of Sewers.
    LEWISHAM. ASSETS.£s.d.£s
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    SCHEDULE E E.—Sewers Construction. Detailed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities for the purpose of Constructing Sewers .
    ASSETS.
    LEWISHAM.£s.d.£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE FF.—Private Sewers. Detailed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities for the purpose of Constructing Private Sewers.
    LEWISHAM. ASSETS.£s.d.£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE G G.—Private Works. Detailed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities in the Construction of Private Wort.
    LEWISHAM. ASSETS.£s.d.£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE HH.—Paving Works. Detailed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities for the purpose of Paving.
    ASSETS.
    LEWISHAM.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE II.—Recreation Ground. Detailed Particulars of Liabilities in the formation of the Recreation Ground, Sydenham.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE XX.—Establishment Expenses.
    ASSETS.
    £s.d.£8d
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    SCHEDULE X X.—Continued. LIABILITIES—Continued .
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE YY.—New Streets. Detailed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities in the paving and forming New Streets, &c.
    LEWISHAM.ASSETS.£sd
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    SCHEDULE Z.—Mortgages—(Part 1.) Mailed Statement of Mortgages outstanding on the 25th (lag of March, 1878. ???NITED KENT LIFE ASSURANCE , AND ANNUITY INSTITUTION or COMPANY (LIMITED), (FORM&HLY THE KENT OFFICE)
    ???.on ???gister.£s.d.£s.d£s.d.£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE Z.—Mortgages—(Part 2). The foregoing Mortgages are chargeable on the Parishes and on the Rates or for ??? the purposes undermentioned.
    LEWISHAM£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    ??? habetical 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.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    ??? habetical List of the Persons to whom are owing the Monies omprised in the foregoing Statement of Liabilities (page 4).
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    Alphabetical List of Persons, &c.—Continued.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    Alphabetical List of Persons, &c.—Continued.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    Alphabetical List of Persons, &c.—Continued.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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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 1875-6, 1876-7, and 1877-8.
    1875-6.1876-7.1877-8.
    LEWISHAM.£££
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    STATEMENT of comparison of Expenditure between the years 1875-6, 1876-7, and 1877-8.
    1875-6.1876-7.1877-8.
    LEWISHAM.£££
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    TABLE OF Loans raised from the 1st January, 1856, to Lady-day, 1878.
    No. on register of ???tgages.Date of Loan.Amount borrowed.Rate of Interest per cent.Term for repayment.Amount repaid to Lady-day, 1878.1 Balance outstanding, Lady-day, 1878.Purpose for which borrowed
    £s.d.£s.d.Years.£s.d.£s.d..
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    STATEMENT OF Contracts entered into by the Board in the year ended 25th March, 1878.
    No.Date.Name of Contractor.Nature of Contract.Amount or Price of Contract.
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    Statement of Contracts. —Continued.
    No.Date.Name of Contractor.Nature of Contract.Amount or Price of Contract.
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    TABLE I. Population Inhabited Houses, Births, Deaths, and Marriages. (gross number)
    Population Estimated at the middle of the Year 1877.*No. of Inhabited Houses in Parish or District.Births.Deaths.Marriages.
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    TABLE II. Annual Rate of Mortality, Death Rates among Children, and Deaths in Public Institutions.
    Years.Annual Rate of Mortality per 1000 living.Deaths of Children under 1 year: per rentage 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 1877.
    Cause of Death. Classes.AGESTotal.Males and Females.
    0 to 1l to 22 to 55 to 1015 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 to 9595 & upwards.Total under 5 years
    M.F.
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    TABLE III. ( C ontinued.) Deaths registered at several groups of ages from different causes during the year 1877.
    Cause of Death. Classes.AGESTotal.Male and Female.
    0 to 1l to 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 351 35 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 to 9595 & upwards.Total under 5 years
    M.F.
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    Order 3.— Respiratory Organs.
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    TABLE III. ( C ontinued.) Deaths registered at several groups of ages from different causes during the year 1876.
    Cause of Death. Classes.ages.Total.Male and Female.
    0 to 1l to 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 to 9595 & 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, 1877.
    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, 1867 to 1876, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, and the number in 18 77.
    Disease.1867.1868.1869.1870.1871.18721873.1874.1875.1876.Annual Average of 10 years, 1867.1876Prioirtion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years 1867.1876.1877.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1877.
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    TABLE VI. Inspectors' Reports of the Sanitary Work, &c., completed in the year ended December 31, 1877.
    Total.Black-heath & Lewis-ham.Sydenham and Forest-hill.Penge.Sub-Districts.
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    The number of Inhabited Houses, the Estimated Population, 1877, 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."
    Registrars' Sub-districts.Number of Inhabited Houses, Midsummer, 1877.Estimated Population.Number of Births, 1877.Birth Rate per 1000.Number of Deaths 1877.Rate of Mortality per 1000.
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    TABLE VIII. The Area, Census Population in 1861 and 1871, Estimated Population in 1877, 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 1877.Average Annual Mortality per 1,000 in the 10 years 1861.70.Annual Rate of Mortality in 1877.
    1861.1871.
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    TABLE IX. Population; Persons to an Acre; Rirths andl Deaths; Annual Birth and Death Ratts; Mean Temperature and Painfull, in the Year 1877, in London and Twtnty.two other Large Towns of the United kingdom.
    CITIES AND BOROUGHS.Estimated Population in the middle of the Year 1877.Persons to an acre, middle 1877.Births in 52 Weeks ending 29th Dec., 1877.Deaths in 52 Weeks ending 29th Dec.,\ 1877.Annual Rate per 100 living ofMean Tempe rature in 52 Weeks, ending 19th Dec., 1877.Ralnfall in inches in 52 Weeks, ending 19th Dec., 1877.
    Deaths in 52 Weeks ending 29th Dec.,\ 1877.Deaths in 52 or 53 Weeks in each year.Deaths in 52 Weeks ending 29th Dec.,\ 1877.
    187218731874.1875.1876.
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    TABLE X. Number of Children between the ages of 3 and 13 gears attending Schools under the superrision of the London School Board in the Leivisham District, during the gear anting 3 1st December, 1877, with the situation of the S hools.
    Schools, and where situate.Number on Roll.Highest atten- dance in any one day.Average daily attendance for the year.
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    Lewisham.
    Locality.Description of Work.
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    Kerbing, Channelling, and Crowing, Lewisham.—Continued.
    Locality.Description of Work.
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    Penge.
    Locality.Description or Works.
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    TAR PAVING. The following streets were laid during the year:— Lewisham.
    Locality.Square Yards.
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    Penge.
    Locality.Square Yards.
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    ROCK ASPIIALTE. The following Table will give the quantities of Rock Asphalte laid during the year:—
    Locality.Square Yards.
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    IMPROVEMENTS. The following Table will shew the Improvements completed and under consideration during the year.
    Improvments.Remarks.
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    NEW STREETS. The following Table will give the New Streets paved and formed or in hand, under the 105th and 106th section of the Metropolis Local management Act, with their respective length and estimated cost.
    NAME OF STREET.LENGTH IN FEET.E8TIMATED COST.REMARKS.
    LEWISIIAM.£s.d.
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    Plans ehtimates. and apportionments were also prepared for the undermentioned Streets, under the 105th and 106th section of the Act. The works are not yet commenced.
    NAME OF STREETLENGTH FEETESTIMATED COST.REMARKS.
    LEWISHAM£S.d.
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    Proposed New Streets.— Continued.
    Name of Street.Length feet.Estimated cost.Remarks.
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    SEWERAGE. The Mowing Table will give the Sewers completed or projected during the year, with their respective lengths, &c.:—
    Locality.Length Feet run.Sizo in inches.Material.Remarks.
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    Sewers.— Continued.
    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, &c.; also the number of Gullies constructed in public roads during the year:-
    Locality.No. of Houses sanctioned to be Built and Drained.No. of bouses, &c., sanctioned to be Drained.No. of Additions to Buildings sanctioned.No. of Dwelling Houses and Public Buildings, &c., completed within the year.No. of Frontage Drains laid.No. of Gullies constructed in Highways.
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    The Board extended the 18-inch pipe from Kingswood Road, Penge, to the foot of Anerley Park Road, in order to have a surface water outlet for that road.
    Name of New Street.Size of Pipe.Length of Pipe.Remarks.
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    LOCAL.
    Blackheath and Lewisham.Sydenham and Forest Hill.Penye.