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Lewisham 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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The length of the roads watered is as follows:—

Miles.Yards.
Water supplied by the Kent Water Company330
„ „ „ Southwark & Vauxhall Water Co.1143
„ „ „ Lambeth Water Company1890
Total35273

Altogether 2,509 feet run of 12in. by 8in. kerb, and 2,839 feet
run of three course 5in. by 6in. channel.
New crossings were laid as follows: Rushey-green across the
entrance to Davenport-road, and High-street across the entrance
to Whitburn-street—being 58 yards super of granite crossings,
and also 43 superficial yards of granite pitching were laid in
Comerford Road at the juuiction of Brockley-road.
TAR-PAVEMENT AND ROCK ASPHALTE.
During the year 1,983 superficial yards of Tar Paving were
taken up and relaid, and 20,419 superficial yards were painted
with hot tar and sand. The footpath (2,512 superficial yards)
on the north side of the Dover Road, from the top of Blackheath
Hill to the Greenwich Boundary, was picked up, re-gravelled,
rolled with a heavy roller, painted twice with hot tar, and coated
with sand.
The following table gives the Rock Asphalte Paths repaired
and relaid during the year. Altogether 2,306 superficial yards
of Rock Asphalte were laid:—