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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 1887

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: The mileage of the roads watered, &c., is given in the following Table:-

The mileage of the roads watered, &c., is given in the following Table:-

Locality.Miles.Yards.
Parish of Lewisham471557
Ham let of Penge111685
Total Lewisham District591482

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These streets will make an additional length, when Completed,
of one mile 994 yards to the roads at present maintained by the
Board. Ivy Lane and Newlands Park (first part), are for one
side only.

Table: The fallowing are the new lamps erected during the year:—

The fallowing are the new lamps erected during the year:—

PAHISH OF LEWISHAM.
No of Lamps.
Adelaide Road1
Blackheath (new road)1
Blackheath (near the Hermitage)1
Bromley Road (Rushey Green)1
Catford Bride1
Comerford Road1
Darfield Road1
Elsinore Road1
Hither Green1
Howson Road1
Kinver Road1
Lawrie Park Avenue1
Lawrie ParkGardens2
Mercy Terrace2
Pascoe Road1
Radford Road2
St. Stephen’s Terrace1
Stanstead Road1
Sydenham Railways Bridge1
Total24

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No streets or roads were taken to under the 106th section of
the Metropolis Local Management Act.