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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
Lewisham 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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Full Statement and Account of all moneys received and expended by the Board Works for the Lewisham District, under the several distinct heads of Receipt and Expenditure, during the year ended 25th March, 1892.
| LEWISHAM | EXPENDITURE | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891. RECEIPTS. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | General Purposes Account— | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
| March 25. Cash balance in the hands of the Treasurers (Current Account) | 1,934 | 18 | 6 | Rents, Rates, and Taxes (Depôts) | 95 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Ditto ditto Cashier | 787 | 19 | 8 | Vestry Expenses (sums paid by the Board on request of the Vestry of Lewisham) | 107 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 2,722 | 18 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ditto ditto Treasurers (New Streets) | 664 | 7 | 7 | Repairs at Depôts | 19 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| 3,387 | 9 | Coals and Gas supplied to Depôts | 1 | 17 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| lewisham. | Proportion of expenses of Election of School Board | 144 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Expenses of Dust Collecting, Blackheath and Lewisham | 1,204 | l3 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| General Purposes Account— | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ditto ditto Sydenham and Forest Hill | 1,369 | 7 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| From the Local Guardians, in payment of the Precepts of this Board's General Expenditure | 30,383 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Proportion of Expenses on Sydenham Recreation | 362 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Proportion of Receipts on Sydenham Recreation Ground | 7 | 13 | 3 | Ditto ditto Penge ditto | 445 | 11 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Ditto on St. Man's Churchyard, Lewisham | 126 | 11 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| For repairing roads and footpaths, Blackheath and Lewisham | 395 | 12 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ditto on Lewisham Recreation Ground | 30 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Instalments and Interest on Loans | 4,549 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ditto ditto Sydenham and Forest Hill | 483 | 10 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Maintenance of Highways, Blackheath and Lewis ham | 9,183 | 19 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Camberwell Vestry (moiety of cost of watering Sydenham Hill) | 18 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ditto, Sydenham and Forest Hill | 7,306 | 12 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Greenwich District Board of Works for watering boundary roads | 27 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Watering, Blackheath and Lewisham | 1,949 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ditto, Sydenham and Forest Hill | 1,742 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sale of Old Horses and Manure, &c. | 97 | 14 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Works at Molesworth Street Depôt | 172 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Proportion of Receipts on Establishment Account | 354 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Proportion of Expenses on Establishment Account | 3,823 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 31,767 | 9 | 2 | 32 604 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Tho School Board for London (under their Precept for Expenses charged on the Parish of Lewisham) | 22,140 | 1 | 0 | From the Local Guardians in payment of the Precept of the School Board for London | 22,140 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 53,907 | 10 | 2 | 54,744 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Lighting Account— | Lighting Account— | ||||||||||||||||||
| From the Local Guardians in payment of Precept | 5,924 | 0 | 0 | The Crystal Palace District Gas company for Street Lighting | 2,664 | 8 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Camberwell Vestry (Moiety of cost of lighting Sydenham Hill) | 43 | 6 | 6 | The South Metropolitan Gas Company for ditto | 2,541 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Sugg, W., & Co., new Lamps, Columns, & Burners | 10 | 12 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| From Sydenham Hill Account | 21 | 12 | 9 | Lighting Sydenham Hill (Boundry Road) | 86 ] | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Proportion of Receipts on Establishment Account | 67 | 5 | 2 | 6,056 | 3 | 5 | Proportion "of Expenses on Establishment Account | 697 | 1 | 7 | 6,000 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| Sewerage Purposes Account— | Sewerage Purposes Account— | ||||||||||||||||||
| From the Local Guardians in payment of Precept | 3,193 | 0 | 0 | Cleansing Sewers | 942 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Cleansing and Maintaing Urinals | 82 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| Messrs. H. and V. Nicholl, half cost of maintaining and lighting lamp at urinal at "White Hart" | 14 | 1 | Repairs to Sewers | 100 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Frontage Drains constructed at expense of Owners of property drained | 367 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| For unstopping drains | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| For Frontage Drains—Receipts from owners of property to be drained | 413 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Surface Drainage Works | 241 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Instalments and Interest on Loans | 1,279 1 | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Proportion of Receipts on Establishment Account | 40 | 13 | 9 | 660 | 12 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Proportion of Expenses on Establishment Account | 396 | 3 | 6 | 3,409 | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Sewers Construction (Loan Account)— | |||||||||||||||||||
| New Flushing Tanks | 165 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Carried forward | 63,614 | 5 | 8 | 3,387 | 5 | 9 | Carried forward | 64,320 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||