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Lewisham 1880
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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TABLE XII.
| LEWISHAM. | |
| Airev, Mr. W. H | High Street. |
| Hardatone, Mr. F. | Rushey Green. |
| Jones. Mr. Alfred | Loampit Hill. |
| Lamb, Mr. H | Rushey Green. |
| Mudd, Mr. Wm | High Street. |
| Parsons. Mr. Wm | Blackheath. |
| Shark, Mr. Wm. E | Blackheath. |
| Powell, Mr Wm. | Rennell Street. |
| Wadsworth, Mr. C. | High Street. |
| Young, Mr. H | King Street. |
| SYDENHAM. | |
| Bishop, Mr. Wm | Wastdale Road. |
| Chalk, Mr. Frederick | Havelock Mews. |
| Glass, Mr. Win. | Kirkdale. |
| Hayr, Mr. Alfred | Lower Sydenham. |
| Nalson, Mr. James | High Street. |
| Parsons Mr. Bernard W | High Street. |
| Palmer, Mr. F. | Wastdale Road. |
| Warroll, Mr. James | Dean Terrace. |
| Warrell, Mr. James | Havelock Mews. |
| Watkins, Mr. Edmund J. | High Street. |
| PENCE. | |
| Corey, Mr. | Hawthorn Grove. |
| Foat, Mr. | Woodburn Grove. |
| Rogers, Mr. | Maple Road. |
| Warden, Mr. | Beekenham Road. |
Rain fell upon 1 11 days. There was 139 inches more ram
this year than in the corresponding period last year. An unusually
large quantity of rain fell during the month of October.
July is said to be the wettest month of the year, and October
one of the driest. Upon the 18th and 10th of January the
heaviest fall of snow took place that I have seen in the District.
Traffic was suspended for some time upon the North and Mid
Kent Railways. Early upon the morning of the 10th 1 had to
send a squad of men to dig out some vans that were snowed up
upon Bromley Hill.
In Hither Green Lane drifts extended from Lannier Road
to the Southend Road, varying in depth from 2 feet to 7 feet.
In one drift I had to remove 5,000 cubic yards of snow before
the road could be made available for traffic. The drifts upon
Blackheath wore also deep, and throughout the district traffic
was suspended for a short time. Every exertion was made to
clear away the snow, and I had as many as 172 men working
upon t he Roads in addition to the usual staff. Two rough snow
Ploughs, were used and a number of extra horses and carts. I
do not think less than 176,000 cubic yards of snow could have
fallen upon the public roads and footpaths during the storm.
ROAD WATERING.
The work of Watering the Blackheath Roads and the greater
Portion of the Lewisliam Roads was done by the Board's horses.
Mr. Lane, of Rushey Green, contracted to supply horses and