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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Table VI. gives the Inspectors’ Reports of the sanitary
work completed during the year.
Table VII. gives the number of inhabited houses, the
estimated population in 1883, 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 1871 and 1881, the estimated population in 1883, 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
mean temperature and rainfall in London and 27 large towns
of the United Kingdom, and in the Lewisham District.
Table X. The number of children attending public
elementary and certified efficient schools in the Pariah
of Lewisham and in the Hamlet of Penge during the
year 1883.
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.
During the year 1883, 377 Marriages took place in the
Parish of Lewisham, of which 314 were solemnized in the
several Church of England Churches, 43 in Dissenting
Chapels, and 20 at the Registrar's Office.
One hundred and twenty-seven Marriages took place in
the Hamlet of Penge, of which 106 were solemnized in
Statement of Contracts—
Date. | Name of Contractor. | Nature of Contract. | Amount or Price of Contract. |
---|---|---|---|
1883. 21st April | Woodham, Messrs. W. and J | For sewerage jobbing works | At a schedule of prices. |
21st „ | Pickernell, Mr. J. C. | For purchase of road scrapings | £3/10/- payable to the Board. |
3rd May | Stone, J., and Co., Messrs | For repair of water standposts for the year | £1/5/- for each post |
3rd „ | Rhodes and Cooper, Messrs | For purchase of dust in Penge | At 6d.per load, payable to the Board. |
7th „ | Strong and Co., Messrs | For purchase of dust in Lewisham | 1/- „ „ |
11th „ | Featherby, Mr. G. | Ditto Penge | 9d. „ „ |
17th „ | Batchelor, Mr. W. | Ditto Lewisham | 8d. „ „ |
21st „ | East Surrey Iron Works, Limited | For ironwork for sewers | At a schedule of prices. |
26th „ | Faldo, Mr. S | For asphalte jobbing works | Ditto ditto |
24th „ | Blake, Messrs. A. and J. * | For paving and forming Venner Road | £1,340. |
6th July | Woodham and Fry, Messrs | For paving and forming Enners-dale Road (part of) | £373. |
5th „ | Woodham and Fry, Messrs.† | For paving and forming Der-mody Road, Lewisham | £759. |
13th Aug. | Corrall and Co., Messrs | For the supply of coal for the Board's offices, Hospital, &c | £1/0/5 per ton. |
13th „ | Beevers, Messrs. E. and 11 | For paving and forming Genoa Road, Penge | £530. |
14 th „ | Mowlem and Co., Messrs | For kerbing, channelling, and paved crossings in Lewisham | At a schedule of price. |
14th „ | Mowlem and Co., Messrs | Ditto ditto Penge | Ditto ditto. |
25th Sept. | Mowlem and Co., Messrs | For paving and forming Stodart Road, Penge | £525. |
1st Oct. | Beevers, Messrs. E. and H | For paving and forming West-bourne Road, Forest Hill | £1,090. |
10th „ | Tonik, Mr. J | For repairand alteration of heating apparatus in the Board’s offices | £21. |
29th „ | Bath & Blackmore, Messes. | For the construction of a pipe sewer from Catford to Ladywell | £990. |