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Lewisham 1881

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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SURVEYOR'S REPORT
Of work executed from Lady-day, 1881, to Lady-day, 1882.
Gentlemen,
I beg to submit my Thirteenth Annual Report.
HIGHWAYS.

Table: I have prepared the following Table, which will give the quantity of material used upon the roads maintained by the Board:—

I have prepared the following Table, which will give the quantity of material used upon the roads maintained by the Board:—

Division.Granite.1 Dug Flints.Gravel.Total.
Lewisham Parish, cubic yards55923074151210,178
Hamlet of Penge, ditto5669691971732
Total61584043170911,910

Table: The rainfall from 26th March, 1881, to 25th of March, 1882, (inclusive, as given by the rain guage at Forest Hill Stoneyard,) was as follows:—

The rainfall from 26th March, 1881, to 25th of March, 1882, (inclusive, as given by the rain guage at Forest Hill Stoneyard,) was as follows:—

Nutnber of days on which rain fell.inches dec.
0 1881March 26th to 31st, inclusive0.00
6April0.32
7May1.13
9June1.67
10July2.13
16August5.12
11September1.79
10October2.46
12November2.39
13December2.33
10 1882January1.13
7February0.98
5March to the 25th, inclusive0.31
11621.76