Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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estimated population in 1880, with the birth and death rate
in the Registrar's Sub-districts in the Lewisham Parish, and
the Hamlet of Penge, together comprising "the Lewisham
District."
Table VIII. gives the area, the census population in the
years 1861 and 1871, the estimated population in 1880, and
the mortality in various Metropolitan Districts, and in
England and Wales, &c.
Table IX. gives the population, the number of persons
to an acre of ground, the number of births and deaths, the
annual birth and death rates, the mean temperature and
rainfall in London and 22 large towns of the United Kingdom,
and in the Lewisham District.
Table X. The number of children between the ages of
3 and 13 years attending public elementary and certified
efficient schools in the Parish of Lewisham and in the
Hamlet of Penge during the year 1880.
Table XI. A Register of the licensed cow-houses in the
District, together with a list of the milk sellers in the District
who have no licenses.
Table XII. A list of the licensed slaughter-houses in
the District.
Marriages.
Dining the year 1880, 307 Marriages took place in the
Parish of Lewisham, of which 267 were solemnized in the
several Church of England Churches, 24 in Dissenting
Chapels, and 16 at the Registrar's Office.
one hundred and twenty-seven Marriages took place in
the Hamlet of Penge, of which 105 were solemnized in
Church of England Churches, 13 in Dissenting Chapels,
and 9 at the Registrar's Office.
S T A T E M E N T
OF
NO. | Date. | Name of Contractor. | Nature of Contract. | Amount or Price of Contract. |
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1 | 1880. 17th April | Jukes Coulson, Stokes and Co., Messrs | For iron works for sewers | At a schedule of prices. |
2 | 21st ,, | Stone & Co. M essrs. | Ditto | Ditto. |
3 | 30th March | Lane, Mr. T | Horses, harness, and men for road watering in Lewisham division | 89. per day per horse, &c. |
4 | 29th „ | Crakcr, Mr. J | For horses, harness, and men for road watering, or horses, &c., men and carts for cartage in Lower Sydenham division | 9„ „ |
5 | 30th „ | Ross, Messrs. C. & Sons | For broken granite to bo delivered at the Board's wharf | 11/10 per yard |
6 | 30th „ | 1*'ninings, Messrs. R. L. and J | For same material to be delivered at Forest Hill or Penge | 14/8 „ » |
29th | Tuff, Mr. T | For broken dug flints to be delivered at the wharf | 6/- per yard. | |
8 | 27th „ | Stimi-on, Mr. W. | For Croydon gravel at Forest Hill | 5/8 per yard. |
9 | 30th „ | Winnifrith, Mr. R. | For broken dug flints at Forest Hill and Penge | 7/- and 6/6 per yd. |
10 | 29th „ | Shuckell, Mr. T. | ForCroj don gravel to be delivered at Penge | 4 5 per yard. |
11 | 30th ,, | I^ine, Mr. T | Purchase of road scrapings | £6, payable to the Board. |
12 | 29th „ | Woodham, Mr. W T | The same | £2/10 |
13 | 27th „ | Stimpson, Mr. W. | For horses, harness, and men for road watering in Sydenham and Forest Hill division For horses, harness, carts, and men for cartage in the same division | 8/9 per day per horse, &c. 9/-„ „ |
14 | 30th „ | Winnifrith, Mr. R. | Tho same for watering or cartage in Penge | 8/3 „ „ |
15 | 21st April | Batcbelor, Mr. W. | For purchase of dust, &c., in Lewisham (Nos. 3 and 4 divisions) | 1/9 per load, payable to Bourd. |
16 | 19th | Jerrard, Mr. \V.... | The same ?*o. 1 division | 1/1 „ |
17 | 29th | I.anc, Mr. T....... | The same No. 2 division | 1/9 „ |
18 | 26th | Wood ham, Messrs W. and J | Sewerage jobbing works | At a Schedule of of prices. |
19 | 18t May | Stone and Co., Messrs | Repair of the stand posts in the part of the district supplied by Kent Water Works Co | 25/- per post per annum |
20 | 6th „ | Tapley, Mr | For purchase and removal of manure from Board stables | 6d. per horse per week, payable to Board. |
21 | 10th „ | Ross and Sons, Messrs | For further quantities of broken Guernsey granite at the wharf | 11/10 per yard. |
22 | 11th „ | Fennings, Messrs. 11. L. and J | The same at Forest Hill and Penge | 14/8 |
23 | The Guardians of the Lewisham Union | For broken Guernsey granite at the workhouse | At same price as Messrs. Ross contract. |