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The of Works for the Lewisham District.
THE BOARD'S REPORT
For the year 1899-1900,
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.
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. The estimated
population at Midsummer, 1899, was 130,622, viz.: Lewisham,
106,790, and Penge, 23,832.