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Lewisham 1878

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

Published
1879
Pages
82
Tables
70

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    The board of Works for the Lewisham District. Statement of the Receipts and Expenditure of the Board for the year ended 25th March, 1879, Of which detailed particulars are comprised in the Schedules referred to.
    1878 RECEIPTS.£s.d.£s.d.PAYMENTS.£s.d.£s.d.
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    The Board of Works for the Lewisham District. Statement of Monies owing to and the Debts and Liabilities of the Board on the 25th March, 1879, Of which detailed particulars are comprised in the Schedules referred to.
    MORTGAGES. LIABILITIES. LEWISHAM.£s.d.£s.d.ASSETS. MORTGAGES.£s.d.
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    Summary Statement of the Receipts and Payments tor the year ended 25th March, 1879, And of the Cash Balances at the commencement and end of the Year.
    Names of Accounts.Balances, 25th March, 1878.Receipts.Expenditure.Balances. 25th March, 1879.
    In Credit.In Debt.In Credit.In Debt.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    Summary Statement showing the Financial Condition of the Board and of each separate head of Expenditure on the 25th March, 1879.
    Names of Account.Cash Balances, 25th March, 1879.Assets.Liabilities.Financial condition of the Board.
    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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    Schedules referred to in the foregoing Statements. SCHEDULE A.—General Purposes. Detailed Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure comprised under General Purposes.
    LEWISHAM. RECEIPTS.£s.d£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE B.—General Purposes, 159th Sec. M.M. Act, 1855. Detailed Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure comprised under General Purposes, within the provisions of the 159th Sec. of the Metropolis Management Act, 1855.
    LEWISHAM. RECEIPTS.
    £s.d£S.d.
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    SCHEDULE C.—Lighting. Detailed Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure for the Purpose of Lighting.
    RECEIPTS. LEWISHAM.£s.d.£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE D.—Sewerage Purposes. Detailed Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure comprised under Sewerage Purposes, exclusive of the Construction of Sewers.
    LEWISHAM. RECEIPTS.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE E.—Sewers Construction. Detailed Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure for the purpose of Constructing Sewers.
    LEWTSHAM RECEIPTS.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE F.—Private Sewers. Detailed Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure in the Construction of Private Sewers.
    LEWISHAM.£s.d.£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE G.—Private Works. Detailed Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure in the construction of Private Works.
    LEWISHAM.£s.d.£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE H—Paving, &c., Works—Loans. Detailed Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure for the purpose of Paving.
    LEWISHAM.£s.d.£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE X.—Establishment Expenses. Detailed Particulars of Receipts and Payments comprised under Establishment Expenses, and apportioned in the first instance between the Parish of Lewisham and Hamlet of Penge, and subsequently between the several rates levied.
    RECEIPTS.£s.d.£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE Y.—New Streets. Detailed Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure in the Formation and Paving of New Streets.
    ???EWISHAM RECEIPTS.£S.d.£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE A A.—General Purposes. Detailed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities comprised under General Purposes.
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    CHEDULE BB.—General Purposes, 159th Sec. M. M. Act, 1855 Detailed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities comprised under General Purposes within the provisions of the 159th Section of the Metropolis Management Act, 1855.
    ???WISHAM. ASSETS.£s.d.£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE CC.—Lighting. Detailed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities for the purpose of Lighting.
    LEWISHAM. ASSETS.£s.d.£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE DD.—Sewerage Purposes. Detailed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities for Sewerage purposes, exclusive of the Construction of Sewers.
    LEWISHAM. ASSETS.£s.d£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE EE.—Sewers Construction. Detailed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities for the purpose of Constructing Sewers.
    LEWISHAM. ASSETS.£s.d.£sd
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    SCHEDULE F F.-Private Sewers. Detailed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities for the purpose of Constructing Private Sewers.
    EWISHAM. ASSETS.£s.d.£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE GG.—Private Works. Detailed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities in the Construction of Private Works.
    EWISIIAM. ASSETS.£s.d.£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE HH.—Paving Works. Detailed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities for the Purpose of Paving.
    EWISHAM.ASSETS.£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE II.— Recreation Ground. Detailed Particulars of Liabilities in the Maintenance of the Recreation Ground, Sydenham.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE JJ.—The Board's Horses. Detailed Purtieulars of Liabilities for the maintenance, &c., of the Board's Horses.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    SCEHDULE KK-Steam Road Roller. Detailed Particulars of Liabilities for the maintenance, &c., of the Steam Road Roller (exclusive of the Suspense Account).
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE XX.— Establishment Expenses.
    ASSETS.£s.d.£s,d.
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    SCHEDULE YY.- New Streets. Detailed Particulars of Assets ansd Liabilities in the paving and forming New Street.
    LEWISHAM. ASSETS.£s.d.£s.d.
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    SCHEDULE Z — Mortgages—(Part 1.) Detailed Statement of Mortgages outstanding on the 25th dag of March, 1879.
    No. on Register.£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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    Alphabetical 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.
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    Alphabetical List of the Persons to whom are owing the Monies comprised 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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    STATEMENT of comparison of Expenditure between the years 1876-7, 1877-8, and 1878-9.
    1876-7.1877-8.1878-9.
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    TABLE OF Loans raised from the 1st January, 1856, to Lady-day, 1879.
    No. on Register of Mortgages.Date of Loan.Amount borrowed.Rate of Interest per cent.Term for repayment.Amount repaid to Lady-day, 1879.Balance outstanding, Lady-day, 1879.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, 1879.
    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 numbers).
    Population Estimated at the middle of the Year 1878.*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: 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 gear 1878.
    Cause of Death.ages.Total.|Males and Females.
    0 to 11 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
    Classes.M.F.
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    TABLE III. ( Continued.) Deaths registered at several groups of ages from different causes during the year 1878.
    Cause of Death.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
    Classes.M.F.
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    TABLE III. ( Continued.) Deaths registered at several groups of ages from different causes during the year 1878.
    Cause of Death.AGES.Total.Male and Female.
    0 to 11 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
    Classes.M.F.
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    TABLE V. Showing Mortality from certain classes of Diseases, and proportions to Population, and to 1000 Deaths, 1878.
    Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of Population.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths.
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    TABLE V. Shotting the number of Deaths in the 10 years, 1868 to 1877, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, and the number in 1878.
    Disease.1868.1869.1870.1871.1872.1873.1874.1875.1876.1877.Annual Average of 10 years, 1868—1877.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1868—1877.1878.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1878.
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    TABLE VI. Inspectors' Reports of the Sanitary Work, &c., completed in the year ended December 31, 1878.
    Total.Black-heath & Lewis-ham.Sydenham and Forest-hillPenge.Sub-Districts.
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    TABLE VII. The number of Inhabited Houses, the Estimated Population, 1878, 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, 1878.Estimated Population.Number of Births, 1878.Birth Rate per 1000.ber of Deaths 1878.Rate of Mortality per 1000.
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    TABLE VIII. The Area, Census Population in 1861 and 1871, Estimated Population in 1878, 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 1878.Average Annual Mortality per 1,000 in the 10 years 1861.70.Annual Rate of Mortality in 1878.
    1861.1871.
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    TABLE IX Population; Persons to an Acre; Births and Deaths; Annual Birth and Death Rates; Mean Temperature and Rainfall, in the Year 1878, in London and Twenty-two other Large Towns of the United Kingdom.
    CITIES and BOROUGHS.Estimated Population in the middle of the Year 1878.Persons to an acre, middle 1878.Births in 52 Weeks ending 28th Dec., 1878.Deaths in 52 Weeks ending 28th Dec., 1878.Annual Bate per 1000 living ofMean Temperature in 52 Weeks, ending 28th Dec., 1878.Rainfall in inches in 52 Weeks, ending 28th Dec., 1878.
    Births in 52 Weeks ending 29th Dec., 1878.Deaths in 52 or 53 Weeks in each year.Deaths in 52 Weeks, ending 29th Dec., 18078.
    1874.18075.1876. 1877.
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    TABLE X. Memorandum of the Number of Children between 3 and 13 years of age attending Public Elementary and Certified Efficient Schools in the Parish of Lewisham, including the Hamlet of Penge, during the year ending December, 1878.
    No.Names of the Different Schools and where situated.Accommodation of each School.Average number on the Roll.Highest attendance in any one day.Average daily attendance.
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    The following table will give the quantities of material purchased during the year:—
    Division.Granite.Port Philip Stone.Land Picked Flints.Dug Flints.Coarse Gravel.Fine Gravel.Hard Core.Total.
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    The rainfall from the 26th of March, 1878, to the 25th of March, 1879 (inclusive) was as follows:—
    No. of days on which lain fell.INCHES DEC.
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    NEW WORKS. Kerbing, Channelling, and Crossings, &c. Lewisham Parish.
    Locality.Description of Works.
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    Hamlet of Penge.
    Locality.Description of Works.
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    The following Table will give the tar pavement laid in Penge:— Hamlet of Penge.
    Locality.Superficial yards laid.
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    ROCK ASPHALTE. The Table below will give the Rock Asphalte laid during the year:—
    Locality.Superficial yards laid.
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    ROAD IMPROVEMENTS. I have prepared the Table below showing the Road Improvements carried out or projected during the year. Lewisham Parish.
    Locality of Improvement.Remarks.
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    Hamlet of Penge.
    Locality of Improvement.Remarks.
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    NEW STREETS. The Table will give the New Streets paved and formed, or in hand, under the 105th and 106th section of the Metropolis Loca Management Act.
    name of street.length in feet.estimated cost.remarks.
    £s.d.
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    following Streets, under the 105th and 106th section of the Act. The work is not commenced.
    name of street.length in feet.estimated cost.remarks.
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    SEWERS. The Table below will give the Sewers completed or projected during the year, with their respective lengths, &c.
    Locality.Length feet run.Size in inches.Material.Remarks.
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    The Table will give the number of houses, &c., sanctioned to be built and drained; also the number of frontage drains laid and the number of gullies constructed in public roads during the year:—
    Locality.No. of Houses sanctioned to be Built and DrainedNo. of Houses, &c., sanctioned to be Drained.No. of Additions to Buildings sanctioned.No. of Dwelling Houses and Public Buildings, &c., completed within the yearNo. of Frontage Drains laid.No. of Gullies constructed in Public Roads.
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    SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE. The following Surface Water Drains were laid during the year:—
    Name of New Street or Road.Size of Pipe.Length of Pipe in feet.Remarks.
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    Table of New Streets sanctioned from Lady-day, 1878, to Lady-day, 1879.
    Name of New Street.Locality.Date of Sanction by the Metropolitan Board of Works.