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The Board of Works for the Lewisham District.
THE BOARD'S REPORT
For the year 1895-6,
Prepared by Order of the Board, under the 198th sect.
of the Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855 (18
and 19 Victoria, cap. 120).
EXTENT AND AREA OF DISTRICT.
The District over which the Board exercise jurisdiction
comprises the Parish of Lewisham, and the Hamlet of
Penge. It includes Blackheath—Lewisham—Ladywell and
part of Brockley—Catford—Forest Hill—Upper Sydenham
— Lower Sydenham—Southend—Anerley and Penge.
The area of the District is 6,544 acres,—Lewisham
5,774 and Penge 770 acres. The population, according to
the Census, 1891, was 92,647, viz., Lewisham 72,272 and
Penge 20,375.
POPULATION.
The Population of the District, taken on the 29th March,
1896, for the purposes of the Equalisation Fund, was 104,521,
viz., Lewisham, 83,213, and Penge, 21,308, showing a total
increase in the District, in the five years, 1891—1896, of
11,874.
CONSTITUTION.
The Board are constituted under and pursuant to the
provisions of the Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855,
and exercise jurisdiction under that Act and the several Acts
amending and extending the same.