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upon the absence of any serious outbreak of disease, such as
might perhaps demonstrate the greater utility of this sani-
tary provision.
NEW STREETS AND SEWERS.
The various works carried out by the Board under this
head will, as in former years, be found specified in the
Surveyor's Report.
The most important Sewerage work of the year, however,
in the District is the outfall Sewer to be constructed
by the Metropolitan Board of Works, from Deptford to Lee
Bridge, which has been commenced and is now proceeding.
INUNDATIONS.
This subject has continued to occupy the Board's
most serious attention, and happily the year just closed has
not been signalized by any serious inundation, such as
that experienced in the year 1878.
During the year, the County Bridge over the Quaggy
near the Plough Inn, at Lewisham, has been widened and
improved, and the Board have—in pursuance of the undertaking
given, as stated in their last Report—acquired the
land necessary for the new bridge, and carried out the works
undertaken by them, so that the full advantage of the new
bridge might be obtained for the benefit of the inhabitants.
Besides this work the Board have carried out other improvements,
viz.:—
( a) The widening and clearing the Quaggy from
the Plough Bridge to the River Ravensbourne.
(b) The widening the watercourse at the Silk
Mills, and
(c) Constructing a culvert at Mid Kent Cottages.
These works the Board have every reason to believe,
will greatly facilitate the flow of water in flood times, and
mitigate the evils which have resulted from this source in
previous years.