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Mile End 1881

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]

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Table: General Purposes Account. General Purposes Account.

General Purposes Account. General Purposes Account.

Liabilities.£s.d.Assets.£s.d.
The proportion collected to this date of the annual instalment to be repaid to the Metropolitan Board of Works off £25,000 loan62500Amounts to be received from owners or occupiers of property in new streets102067
Amount of rent to be received in respect of shop, &c., Canal-rd., one quarter to Lady-Day12100
The like on £2000 loan2500Amount due from Poplar Board of Works, for hire of steam roller16450
The like on £4000 loan14300Amount to be received from Bethnal Green Vestry towards paving works at Grove-road under Mr. Griffiths' contract32500
The like to Star Life Office on £0000 loan25000
Messrs. Gardner Brothers, for steam coal4100Amount to be received from Gas Light and Coke Company, for use of 4-horse roller in Canal-road1500
Mr. Lawrence, for shoeing horses and veterinary attendance to horses3500
Messrs. Powell, for stationery about2000Amount to be received from London and North Western Railway, for hire of steam roller9000
Penny & Hull, for printing about3000Amount to be received from Mr. Reynolds, for stable dung1500
Doulton, for lime and cement1198
Wainwright & Gross, for brooms8120
Granite from Workhouse4126
Messrs. Smith & Son, for oil and color9100
Mr. Goodrich, for ditto4100
.. East, for timber for carts1080
Messrs. Hickmott & Son, for timber6100
.. C. Dwelley, for tyreing1000
Messrs. Bonallack & Son, for new wheels1630
., Whittingham, for repairs to harness2000
.. Griffiths, for paving works at West-street and James-street9511
.. Cole, for smith's work1800
.. Fenton, for tools1200
The Commercial Gas Company, for gas to establishment9100
Ditto ditto for coke1200
Mr. Reynolds, for fodder, &c21000
The Great Eastern Railway Company, for carriage of road sweepings2000
The Sanitas Company, for sanitas10186
The East London Water Works Company, for water to establishment500
Mr. Wilson, for Hoggin650
Messrs. Aird & Co., for repairs to hydrants12134
Mr. Palmer, for gravel1050
Messrs Moser & son, for mud scoops4190
The School Board for London, 1st instalment of their Precept for their expenses, due 25th March, 1882207039
Messrs. Aveling & Porter, for repairs to steam roller8000
Mr. Cullingford, for polling boards492
Messrs. Bowyer, for beans2200
Deficiency on General Purposes Account85846Balance3090211
473246473246

Table: Special Liabilities.

Special Liabilities.

Balance of £1600, amount borrowed, toward cost of widening northern end of White Horse lane, from Star Life Assurance Society, on 12th March, 1868, upon mortgage of General Kates£20000
Balance of £25,000 borrowed from the Metropolitan Board of Works, upon mortgage of the whole of the rates, for the purpose of repaving the Mile End and Commercial-roads1500000
Balance of £6,000, borrowed for purchasing wharf, horses, carts, and other vehicles and things, and to build stabling for accommodation of horses, and to construct lay-bye for barges, to carry out the cleansing of the streets, and removal of slops, rubbish, and ashes, from the Star Life Assurance Society, on 23rd January, 1878, upon mortgage of General Rates200000
Balance of £2000, amount borrowed from Metropolitan Board of Works for improvement of Oxford-street and Diamond-row, on mortgage of the whole of the Rates ...170000
Balance of £4000, amount borrowed from the Metropolitan Board of Works for defraying the expenses incurred or to be incurred by the Vestry in executing certain granite paving works in the Hamlet, on mortgage of the whole of the Rates371400
£2261400
Audited and found correct this 19th day of May, 1882.H. EMBLEM,Auditors.
GEO. WEDLAKE,
J. MILLER,
B. DUCKHAM,
JAMES J. MUSTO,

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Sewers Account. Sewers Account.
Statement oj Liabilities and Assets. \ Statement of Liabilities and Assets.
Liabilities.
£
8.
d.
Assets.
£
s.
d.
Mr. Wright, for gully grates
6
10
0
Amount in hand on account of sewers
072
0
0
.. F. Wood, for jobbing Bewers work
253
11
2
East London Water Works Company, for water for urinals
8
0
0
Ditto ditto ditto ditto flushing sewers
65
11
0
Mr. Watson, for oil and candles for sowers men
5
10
0
Balance
337
17
10
672
0
0
072
0
0
Audited and found correct this 19th day of May, 1832.
H. EMBLEM,
■Auditors.
GEO. WEDLAKE,
J. MILLER,
B. DUCKHAM,
JAMES J. MUSTO,