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Lewisham 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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RAINFALL.

HIGHWAYS.

The quantity of material used in the repair of the roads and footpaths under the control of the Board was as follows:—

Division.Broken Granite.Kentish Ragstone.Picked Flints.Dug Flints.Gravel.Granite Chippings.Total.
Cubic yds.Cubic yds.Cubic yds.Cubic yds.Cubic yds.Cubic yds.Cubic yds.
Sydenham andForest-hill2537299...16482047...6531
Hamlet of Penge9111491217...900643183
Total3448448121716482947649714

STREET LIGHTING.
The whole of the lamps in the Sydenham and Forest-hill and
Penge divisions of the District are supplied with gas by the
Crystal Palaee District Gas Company at a fixed price of £3
2s. l0d. per lamp per annum, which includes lighting, extinguishing,
cleaniug, painting, and repairing for the ordinary 5-feet
per hour burner, less 5 per cent, discount for cash. The Special
lamps vary in price according to the size of the burners
In Sydenham and Forest hill there are 938 ordinary lamps,
and 26 Special lamps; 23 lamps were removed to improve the
lighting, or for New Street or Paving purposes.
In the Hamlet of Penge there are 377 ordinary lamps, and
26 Special lamps 5 lamps were removed.
The lanterns of the public lamps throughout the District are
of a very old and imperfect pattern which absorbs a great deal of
the light; they are without reflectors, and have heavy frames in
iron cradles which throw dark shadows. I had several interviews