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Lewisham 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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17
GAS EXAMINATION.
The Board received during the year six reports from the
Examiner, Dr. Samuel Rideal, from which it appeared tha I
the gas supplied by the Crystal Palace District Gas Company
was within the statutory limits as to illuminating power and
purity.
THE ANNUAL INSPECTION.
The Board made their usual Annual Inspection of the
District on the 22nd June, when they viewed the variou
depots, and the works and improvements effected in the
previous year, and the sites of the new works provided for
in the current year's Estimates ; the various New Streets
then recently paved and formed, and other works in contemplation.
STREET NOMENCLATURE.
The houses in the following streets were renumbered
during the year:—
Algernon Road.
Barmeston Road.
Eliot Vale.
George Lane.
Glenwood Road.
Glenview Road.
Herschell Road.
Merritt Road.
Montague Avenue.
The Retreat (Holbeach Road)Trewsbury
Road.
Vancouver Road.
Wisteria Road.
And the following streets were renamed: —
Brockley Lane—renamed Brockley Grove.
The Retreat „ Holbeach Road.
Haddo Villas ,, Eliot Vale.
ORDERS OF APPORTIONMENT.
The following Orders of Apportionment of the estimated
cost of paving New Streets have been made by the Board
during the year:—