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Lewisham 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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General Summary of the foregoing Receipts, exclusive of New Streets.
| LEWISHAM. | PENGE. | TOTAL. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
| March 25. Cash. Balance | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5,502 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Local Guardians and Overseers in payment of Precepts for this Board's Expenditure | 55,000 | 0 | 0 | 13,000 | 0 | 0 | 68,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Keep of Surveyors horses and sale of carcases of dead horses | 103 | 15 | 0 | ... | ... | 103 | 15 | 0 | |
| Watering and repairing Boundary Roads, repairing roadway over County Bridges and Catford and Lady well Bridges, and reinstating Roads and Footpaths broken open for various purposes | 1,542 | 3 | 0 | 92 | 15 | 6 | 1,634 | 18 | 6 |
| Sale of Old Iron, &c. | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 5 |
| Contributions towards sundry Paving Works and Improvements | 91 | 10 | 0 | ... | ... | 91 | 10 | 0 | |
| Fees for Hoard Licenses | 51 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 57 | 6 | 0 |
| Sale of Timber | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Recreation Grounds Proportion of Receipts | 1 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0 | |
| Establishment Account —ditto | 1,259 | 8 | 10 | 325 | 19 | 10 | 1,585 | 8 | 8 |
| Public Health (London) Act, 1891—ditto | 465 | 12 | 8 | 120 | 1 | 9 | 585 | 14 | 5 |
| Rent of Coroner's Court | 71 | 5 | 0 | ... | ... | 71 | 5 | n | |
| Dust Destructor | 34 | 12 | 10 | ... | ... | 34 | 12 | 10 | |
| Equalisation of Rates —Proportion of Grant | 4,946 | 0 | 11 | 1,102 | 17 | 8 | 6,048 | 18 | 7 |
| Lighting Sydenham Hill—Moiety of cost | 43 | 5 | 6 | 43 | 5 | 6 | |||
| Frontage Drains, &c. | 1,285 | 16 | 3 | 117 | 11 | 4 | 1,403 | 7 | 7 |
| Sewerage Works - Contributions from owners | 2,316 | 17 | 0 | ... | ... | 2,316 | 17 | 0 | |
| Private Works | 137 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 169 | 10 | 8 |
| Street Repairs, M.M.A. Act, 1890 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ... | ... | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Loans from London County Council | 9,240 | 0 | 0 | 900 | 0 | 0 | 10,140 | 0 | 0 |
| 76,613 | 2 | 3 | 15,702 | 7 | 11 | 97,817 | 18 | 4 | |
| Local Guardians and Overseers, for School Board for London | 32,048 | 5 | 9 | 8,510 | 14 | 2 | 40,558 | 19 | 11 |
| £108,661 | 8 | 0 | £24,213 | 2 | 1 | £138,376 | 18 | 3 | |
| BALANCE | 1,218 | 7 | 3 | ||||||
| £139,595 | 5 | 6 | |||||||