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St Giles (Camden) 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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Comparative Statement of Income and Expenditure—continued.
| EXPENDITURE. | Year ending 25th March, 1897. | Year ending 25fch March, 1898. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expenditure of this Board: | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
| Salaries and Superannuation Allowance | 3,944 | 14 | 10 | 4,261 | 0 | 6 |
| Paving (including restoration of disturbed paving) | 13,712 | 15 | 3 | 15,645 | 18 | 11 |
| Cleansing | 7,494 | 10 | 2 | 7,821 | 19 | 8 |
| Dusting | 3,661 | 10 | 0 | 3,658 | 18 | 9 |
| Lighting | 4,497 | 5 | 8 | 4,748 | 10 | 5 |
| Watering | 1,324 | 10 | 5 | 1 234 | 8 | 9 |
| Stone Yard and Premises (including Mortuary and Coroner's Court) | 508 | 14 | 9 | 687 | 10 | 3 |
| Miscellaneous Expenses | 965 | 19 | 6 | 1,071 | 1 | 4 |
| Legal and Parliamentary | 37 | 4 | 0 | 401 | 13 | 1 |
| Loans—Repayments and Interest (on General Account) | 353 | 18 | 4 | 341 | 10 | 2 |
| St. Giles Churchyard | 155 | 19 | 6 | 136 | 8 | 2 |
| Sewer Account, Wages and Materials for Repairs (including Cost of House Drain Connections) | 2,205 | 7 | 1 | 2,324 | 3 | 3 |
| New Sewers | 1,703 | 8 | 4 | 2,079 | 9 | 4 |
| Shaftesbury Avenue Lavatory—Supplies, Maintenance, and Loan Repayment | 599 | 15 | 9 | 598 | 10 | 1 |
| New Oxford Street Lavatory—Supplies, Maintenance and Loan Repayment | 679 | 14 | 6 | 839 | 6 | 11 |
| Ditto—Constraction and Enlargement Account | 1,095 | 19 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 10 |
| High Holborn Lavatory—Supplies Maintenance and Loan Repayment (six months only) | - | 325 | 14 | 4 | ||
| Ditto - Construction Account | 500 | 0 | 0 | 3,846 | 7 | 10 |
| Jubilee Commemoration Drinking Fountain | — | 298 | 10 | 6 | ||
| Portsmouth Street Improvement | — | 241 | 17 | 6 | ||
| Total Expenditure of the Board | £43,441 | 7 | 8 | £50,580 | 16 | 7 |
| Expenditure over which this Board has no Control: | ||||||
| School Board for London | 21,781 | 17 | 4 | 22,360 | 9 | 0 |
| Commissioners of Public Libraries and Museums | 1,789 | 14 | 11 | 1,684 | 1 | 2 |
| Foundling Estate Bond Interest | 260 | 6 | 8 | 491 | 8 | 4 |
| Brunswick Square Garden Committee | 36 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| £67,309 | 6 | 7 | £75,143 | 15 | 1 | |
| Cash Balance carried forward at end of the year | 5,655 | 9 | 5 | 5,714 | 9 | 1 |
| £72,964 | 16 | 0 | £80,861 | 4 | 2 | |
A statement of loans outstanding will be found on
page 44.
St. Giles Public Library.
The proceedings of the Commissioners, who are elected
under the Public Libraries Act, 1892, are published