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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Lewisham 1883

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: To 25th April, 1881.

To 25th April, 1881.

Name.Address.
Ade, Mary3, Couldery Cottages, Ladywell.
Baldwin, Richard12, Brickell Terrace.
Blundell, ThomasForest Hill.
Boyton, Frederick GeorgeTranquil Vale, Blackheath.
Brann, John3, Grote's Place, Blackheath.
Dean, Samuel8, Station Road.
Dewey, AlfredHigh Street, Sydenham.
Dunn, Alexander1a, Holly Tree Terrace.
Edwards, Frank15, Royal Parade.
Finch, Thomas3, Hindsley Place, Catford.
Firth, Arthur2, Longton Houses, Wells Road, Sydenham.
Firth, Arthur9, Silverdale Buildings, Sydenham.
Franklin, Arthur Howe2, The Parade, Forest Hill.
Gold, John9, Alexander Terrace, Perry Hill.
Harris, Robert146, Loampit Hill.
Jones, William JohnWells Road, Sydenham.
Macklen, John91, Hither Green Lane.
Martin, BenjaminEwart Road, Forest Hill.
Randall, Alfred Henry129, High Street.
Rhodes, George11, Royal Parade, Blackheath.
Ridge well, Albert1, Trafalgar Cottages, Bell Green.
Ridgewell, Albert1, Relinque Road.
Sandham, ElizaWastdale Road.
Seal, Z. MartinTranquil Vale, Blackheath.
Slater, Samuel135, Malham Road, Forest Hill.
Smith, Arthur7, St. John's Terrace, Avenue Road.
Steer, Henry12, Brickell Terrace.
Sullivan, Charles43, Lethbridge Road.
Taylor, Enoch86, Loampit Vale.
Warrell, William HenryPerrv Hill, Catford.
Waters, James Charles268, Brockley Road.
Waters, James Charles226, Brockley Road.
PENGE.
Benbow, John80, Oakfield Road.
Benbow, John26, Hawthorn Grove.
Crompton and Son25, Hawthorn Grove.
Curtis, Naomi97, Woodbine Grove.
Field, John5, Railway Station, Anerley.
Howell, James10, Maple Terrace, Maple Road.
Morris, Thomas117, Beckenham Road.
Wilds, JohnStation Road, Anerley.

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There were 25 lamps removed to more suitable positions in
the Parish of Lewisham, and 11 lamps in the Hamlet of Penge.
Three of the old burners to the obelisk lamp were done away with
in High Street, Lewisham (at the turning to Lee Road), and three
of Bray's flat flame burners substituted.
Upon the 21st of February the South Metropolitan Gas
Company wrote to the Board, saying that in all cases where lamps
were more than the statutory distance apart (75 yards) an additional
sum would be charged in respect of such lamps. I am
preparing a Register of the distance apart of the lamps in the
South Metropolitan Gas Company's District, and also a special