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St Giles (Camden) 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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THE BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE ST. GILES DISTRICT.
ABSTRACT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS OF THE ABOVE BOARD FOR GENERAL PURPOSES, FROM THE 25 TH DAY OF MARCH, 1878, TO THE 25 TH DAY OF MARCH, 1879,
| RECEIPTS. | Folio la Ledger. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | PAYMENTS. | Folio in Ledger. | £ | g. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Joint Vestry of St. Giles and Bloomsbury, for the General Purposes of the Board, under Precept of the 11th Sept. 1877 | 1 | 3,500 | 0 | 0 | Amount overdrawn at Bankers on last Account | 2,437 | 9 | 10 | |||||||
| Due to the Foundling Estate Account | 64 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Salaries: | 2,501 | 18 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| The like, under Precept of 12th February, 1878 . | 2 | 22,500 | 0 | 0 | Clerks and Officers | 103 | 1,697 | 14 | 6 | ||||||
| The like, under Precept of 12th Sept. 1878 | 2 | 0,600 | 0 | 0 | Analyst | ” | 100 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Miscellaneous Receipts: | 32,600 | 0 | 0 | Allowance to Mr. J. Treherne, the late | 1,797 | 14 | 6 | ||||||||
| Disturbed Paving Works, &c | 21 | 1,317 | 19 | 9 | Surveyor | 278 | 100 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Works and Expenses under the Sanitary-Acts | 30 | 95 | 6 | 6 | Paving : | ||||||||||
| Wages of Workmen and Labourers | 122 | 3,389 | 16 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Fines and Expenses under Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875 | 32 | 6 | 18 | 0 | Granite and York Stone | 141 | 1,959 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| Victoria Stone | 146 | 313 | 10 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Rent of Coach-house, Cleansing Ambulances, &c | 34 | 36 | 0 | 0 | Gravel, Sand, Lime, &c. | 148 | 1,245 | 14 | 11 | ||||||
| Smith's Work, Implements, &c | 159 | 155 | 9 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Old Materials | 836 | 19 | 11 | Wheelwright | 163 | 129 | 10 | 0 | |||||||
| The Vestry of St. Pancras, towards Cleansing and Repairs of Tottenham Court Road | 47 | 181 | 9 | 0 | Steam Roller hire | 167 | 90 | 17 | 9 | ||||||
| Asphalte Paving, Footways | 169 | 44 | 17 | 2 | |||||||||||
| The Guardians of the Poor, cost of Justices Order to close Lascelles Place | 42 | 86 | 7 | 5 | 2,561 | 0 | 7 | Wood Paving | 173 | 3,562 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Saint Pancras Vestry, towards Cleansing and Repairs of Tottenham Court Road | 280 | 182 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||
| ExDenses of Management and ReDairs of Sewers | 46 | 600 | 0 | 0 | Cleansing: | 11,073 | 12 | 3 | |||||||
| Street Orderlies' Wages | 186 | 1,802 | 9 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Brooms, Clothing, &c | 207 | 151 | 8 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Cartage of Slop | 201 | 2,514 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Dust: | 4,468 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Removal by Contract | 212 | 1,437 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Lighting: | |||||||||||||||
| Gas | 217 | 3.862 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Columns and Lanterns | 221 | 613 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Watering: | 4,475 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Contract for Carts, Horses and Men | 230 | 727 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Repairs of Stand Posts | 232 | 34 | 6 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Water | 234 | 174 | 18 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Office Expenses: | 936 | 16 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Stationery and Printing | 240 | 119 | 9 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Taxes, Insurance, &c | 243 | 40 | 18 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Advertisements and Stamps. | 245 | 20 | 4 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous: | 180 | 13 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Carpenter | 250 | 341 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Painter and Plumber | 254 | 137 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Incidentals | 256 | 25 | 10 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Coals, Oil, Uniforms, Ironmongery, Regis-trar's Returns, Postages, &c. | 259 | 194 | 15 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Law Charges, including Order to close Las- | 698 | 12 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| celles Place | 270 | 266 | 12 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Deposits on Paving Works returned | 272 | 82 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Expenses under Sale of Food and Drug Act, 1875 | 274 | 8 | 17 | 4 | |||||||||||
| London School Board Precept, 1878 | 276 | 7,177 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Vestry of Saint Giles: | |||||||||||||||
| Contribution towards Expense of laying out Churchyard as a Garden | 283 | 133 | 18 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Coal Yard & Goldsmith's Alley Improvement: | |||||||||||||||
| Interest on Loan from Metropolitan Board of Works | 281 | 112 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Repayment of Loan, 1st Instalment | 37 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| 35,488 | 13 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Balance, 25th March, 1879, viz., at Bank | 584 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Less cheque not presented, St. Pancras Vestry | £182 8 0 | ||||||||||||||
| „ due to Foundling Estate Account | 39 1 6 | ||||||||||||||
| „ „ Brunswick Square Account | 34 0 0 | ||||||||||||||
| „ „ Coal Yard, &c. Account | 56 5 0 | 311 | 14 | 6 | 272 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||
| £35,761 | 0 | 7 | £35,761 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||