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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lewisham 1880
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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The following list will give the new lamps put up during the year:—
| Lewisham. | |
| Allenby Road | 3 |
| Beechfield Road | 1 |
| Bowness Road | 1 |
| Brandon Road | 2 |
| Brownhill Road | 7 |
| Canonbie Road | 1 |
| Church Road | 1 |
| Cranston Road | 1 |
new streets.
The following Table shows the New Streets paved and
formed, or in hand, under the 105th Section of the Metropolis
Local Management Act.
Name of Street.
Length
in feet.
Estimated
Cost.
Remarks.
LEWISHAM.
£
s.
d.
Eastdown Park and Gil-
more Road
290
260
0
0
Completed.
Elswick Road
850
960
10
0
„
PENGE.
Gladstone Mews
175
100
0
0
„
Wordsworth Road
830
1130
0
0
„
Parish Lane
350
565
0
0
„
Selby Road
200
200
0
0
Not commenced.
Railway Approach, Annerley
...
360
0
0
Completed.
No Streets were taken to under the 106th Section of the
Act. The above Streets made an addition of 1232 lineal yards
to the Roads, &c., already maintained by the Board. The
Parish Lane, Penge, was made up by arrangement. The Road
is an old Highway, and was in a dreadful state. The work
was done by the Lewisham Board, and defrayed by Penge,
Beckenham, and the Association for Improving the Dwellings of
the Industrial Classes.
Plans, estimates, and apportionment, were prepared for the
following Streets, under the 105th Section of the Act.
The work
is not commenced.
Name of Street.
Length
in feet.
Estimated
Cost.
Remarks.
Lewisham.
£
s.
d.
Algernon Road
1400
1485
0
0
Not commenced.
Bertrand Street
400
406
0
o
„
Branscombe Street
340
342
0
0
„
Brookbank Street
700
748
10
0
„
Ellerdale Street
700
608
0
0
„
Silverdale Road
1040
975
10
0
„
PENGE.
Ridsdale Road
1000
1200
0
0
„
Castledine Road
650
737
0
0
„
Fox Lane
125
132
0
0
Abandoned.