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St Giles (Camden) 1898
[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, 1898. | Year ending 25th March, 1899, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expenditure of this Board: | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
| Salaries and Superannuation Allowance | 4,261 | 0 | 6 | 4,184 | 13 | 4 |
| Paving (including restoration of disturbed paving) | 15,645 | 18 | 11 | 15,887 | 14 | a |
| Cleansing | 7,821 | 19 | 8 | 7,880 | 5 | 6 |
| Dusting | 3,658 | 18 | 9 | 3,659 | 16 | 3 |
| Lighting | 4,748 | 10 | 5 | 4,577 | 3 | 8 |
| Watering | 1,234 | 8 | 9 | 1,369 | 10 | 3 |
| Stone Yard and Premises (including Mortuary and Coroner's Court) | 687 | 10 | 3 | 523 | 5 | 9 |
| Miscellaneous Expenses | 1,071 | 1 | 4 | 1,001 | 18 | 11 |
| Legal and Parliamentary | 401 | 13 | 1 | 240 | 1 | 10 |
| Loans—Repayments and Interest (on General Account) | 341 | 10 | 2 | 338 | 4 | 3 |
| St. Giles Churchyard | 136 | 8 | 2 | 149 | 13 | 1 |
| Sewer Account, Wages and Materials for Repairs (including Cost of House Drain Connections) | 2,324 | 3 | 3 | 2,274 | 8 | 11 |
| New Sewers | 2,079 | 9 | 4 | 1,983 | 15 | b |
| Shaftesbury Avenue Lavatory— | ||||||
| Supplies, Maintenance, and Loan Repayment | 598 | 10 | 1 | 547 | 7 | 4 |
| New Oxford Street Lavatory— | ||||||
| Supplies, Maintenance and Loan Repayment | 839 | 6 | 11 | 751 | 3 | 7 |
| Ditto—Construction and Enlargement Account | 17 | 16 | 10 | — | - | - |
| High Holborn Lavatory—Supplies Maintenance and Loan Repayment (six months only—1898) | 325 | 14 | 4 | 684 | 16 | 0 |
| Ditto—Construction Account | 3,846 | 7 | 10 | — | - | - |
| Jubilee Commemoration Drinking Fountain | 298 | 10 | 6 | 21 | 10 | 0 |
| Short's Gardens Improvement—1899 | - | - | - | 700 | 0 | 0 |
| Portsmouth Street Ditto —1898 | 241 | 17 | 6 | — | - | - |
| Purchase and Costs of Property in High Holborn | 17,280 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total Expenditure of the Board | £50,580 | 16 | 7 | £54,355 | 10 | 9 |
| Expenditure over which this Board has no Control: | ||||||
| School Board for London | 22,360 | 9 | 0 | 22,593 | 18 | 9 |
| Commissioners of Public Libraries and Museums | 1,684 | 1 | 2 | 1,994 | 8 | 9 |
| Foundling Estate Bond Interest | 491 | 8 | 4 | 269 | 16 | 9 |
| Brunswick Square Garden Committee | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Cash Payments | £75,146 | 15 | 1 | £89,243 | 15 | 0 |
| Cash Balance carried forward at end of the year | 5,714 | 9 | 1 | 7,751 | 4 | 0 |
| £80,861 | 4 | 2 | £96,994 | 19 | 0 | |
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