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fire-plugs in the district. The Board again refer to them in
this year's Report, feeling assured that this information
cannot be too frequently brought before the public.
STREET NAMING, &c.
During the year the following Orders have been made
by the Metropolitan Board, altering Street names and numbers,
and have been duly carried out by this Board:—
An Order for re-numbering the houses in the part of
Church Road, Upper Norwood, in this
District.
„ for re-numbering the houses in Devonshire
Road, Forest Hill.
„ re-naming Forbes Road, Penge, "Mosslea
Road, S.E."
„ directing that the part of Longton Grove,
from Taylor's Lane to Wells Road, should
be re-named "Longton Avenue, S.E."
„ re-naming Mary Ann Place, Perry Hill, as
" Creeland Grove, S.E ," and for re-numbering
the houses there.
SANITARY.
The Sanitary condition of the district continues highly
satisfactory. The Board append the Report of the Medical
Officer for the year ended 31st December last, from which it
will be seen that the annual rate of mortality in the District
was 13.56 per 1000, whilst the annual rate of the whole of
London for the like period amounted to 20.4 per 1000, and
of Districts outside London 16.7.
The number of inhabited houses and the population of
the district also continue to increase, as shewn by the Table
in the Medical Officer's Report annexed (page 8). The number
in each case, at Midsummer, 1883, being—
Inhabited houses 12,361
Estimated population 77,572
The Return (Table VI.), shows the number of complaints
brought under the notice of the Committees, and