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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Mile End 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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Lighting Account.
Lighting Account.
| Receipts. | £ | s. | d. | Expenditure. | £ | s. | d. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From Overseers on Calls | 3375 | 0 | 0 | Gas to public lamps | 2451 | 8 | 11 |
| „ Bankers for interest | 5 | 14 | 11 | Lamp-pillars, and repairs to registering guage | 41 | 12 | 6 |
| £3380 | 14 | 11 | £3493 | 1 | 5 |
Summary.
| Balance in hand on last account | £981 | 1 | 8 |
| Receipts as per this account | 3380 | 14 | 11 |
| 4361 | 16 | 7 | |
| Expenditure as per this account | 3493 | 1 | 5 |
| Balance in hand | £868 | 15 | 2 |
Sewers Account.
Sewers Account
| Receipts. | £ | s. | d. | Expenditure. | £ | s. | d. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From Overseers for sewers | 3624 | 15 | 6 | Metropolitan Board of Works | 9999 | 9 | 11 |
| „ „ „ Consolidated rate | 9999 | 9 | 11 | Gully grates | 71 | 18 | 9 |
| „ Bankers for interest | 8 | 15 | 11 | Flushing, flushing hose, flushing tanks, and meter | 192 | 15 | 9 |
| Deposits (less amounts returnable) | 26 | 16 | 0 | Jobbing sewers work | 596 | 8 | 4 |
| Lanterns, hose, oil, candles, &c. | 50 | 11 | 3 | ||||
| Wages of labourers and incidental expenses | 455 | 18 | 8 | ||||
| Proportion of salaries of Clerk, Surveyor, Medical Officer, Assistant Clerks, Inspectors of Nuisances, Superintendent of Labour, and Messenger, and of superannuation to late Medical Officer | 967 | 11 | 6 | ||||
| Expenses for refreshments | 5 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Screen for urinal, sewer rods, counsel's fee, and incidentals | 26 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| £13659 | 17 | 4 | £12366 | 9 | 8 | ||
Summary.
| Balance in hand on last account | £240 | 7 | 11 |
| Receipts as per this account | 13,659 | 17 | 4 |
| 13,900 | 5 | 3 | |
| Expenditure as per this account | 12,366 | 9 | 8 |
| Balance in hand | £1,533 | 15 | 7 |