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Lewisham 1860
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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THE BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE LEWISHAM DISTRICT.
Statement shewing the items of Expenditure comprised lender the head of "Establishment Expensesand how they
are apportioned among the several heads of Expenditure.
| ITEMS OF EXPENDITURE INCLUDED IN ESTABLISHMENT EXPENSES. | APPORTIONMENT OF ESTABLISHMENT EXPENSES. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s.. | d. | £. | s. | d. | ||
| Incidental expenses | 43 | 11 | 4 | Lewisham.—General purposes | 250 | 2 | 9 |
| Rent, rates, and taxes | 51 | 0 | 7 | Sewerage purposes (current expenses) | 57 | 1 | 10 |
| Office repairs | 19 | 10 | 8 | Frontages and private works | 48 | 13 | 5 |
| Salaries | 563 | 0 | 0 | Lewisham lighting | 15 | 11 | 11 |
| Stationery and Printing | 37 | 5 | 0 | Sydenham lighting | 122 | 16 | 1 |
| Blackheath watering | 27 | 16 | 7 | ||||
| Sydenham ditto | 49 | 7 | 5 | ||||
| Being 4-5ths of the amount of such expenses | 571 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Penge.—General purposes | 115 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Sewerage ditto (current expenses) | 27 | 16 | 7 | ||||
| £714 | 7 | 7 | £714 | 7 | 7 | ||
Note—The Establishment Expenses of the Board are, in the first instance, apportioned betw een the Parish of Lewisham and
Hamlet of Penge in the proportion of 4-5ths to the former and l-5th to the latter, thus—
Lewisham £571 10 0
Penge 142 17 7
£714 7 7
And such Expenses are further apportioned rateably among the several heads of Expenditure of the Board, in respect of which
separate Rates are levied, and also in respect of the Frontages and Private Works. Thus the Expenditure for the year under the
several heads of General Purposes, Sewerage Purposes (Current Expenses), Lighting, Watering, and Frontages, &c., is as follows:—
Lewisham £5152 16 6
Penge 1677 9 2
And the amount charged for Establishment Expenses under each of the above-mentioned items bears the same proportion to the
amount of such item as the total Establishment Expenses does to the total amount expended.
Examined and found correct,
THOS. H. LAVERS,
16th May, 1861. B.J.GOODMAN, Auditors.