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The new Loans, owing to the hotter financial arrangements
now in vogue, having been obtained at the rate of 3½
per cent.
IMPROVEMENTS.
The Surveyor in his Report has given the usual particulars
of the various Improvements effected during the year.
As stated in the Board's last Report, the Bridge north
of Forest Hill Railway Station, with the widened road
thereunder, had been finally completed, and it was hoped the
other improvements in connection with the Forest Hill
Railway Station would have been finished. The proceedings
then referred to as pending with regard to the steps placed
in the subway without the consent of the Board were still
continuing at Lady day, 1884; but negotiations have subsequently
been opened by the Company for the amicable and
advantageous settlement of the disputed questions. The
only Improvement of importance effected during the year
has been the opening up of the road between Thurston Road
and Deptford, which will be of considerable public advantage.
During the past year the Board have, in pursuance of
their resolution, planted a number of young trees on the
public roads in the place of the old trees which, it had been
necessary to remove.
THE BOARD'S HOSPITAL.
This Establishment—for the isolation of infectious diseases—has
been maintained throughout the year in a thorough
state of efficiency, although, again owing to the healthy
state of the district, but few cases have occurred needing
isolation. No deaths have taken place in the Hospital during
the year.
NEW STREETS AND SEWERS.
The various works projected and carried out by the
Board under this head will, as in previous years, be found
specified in the Surveyor's Report (p. 9).
FIRE PLUG INDICATORS.
As stated in previous Reports these indicators are marked
upon the gas lamps to indicate the position of the various