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Lewisham 1859
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]
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No. 5.
PARISH OF LIMEHOUSE—SEWERS ACCOUNT.
| OUTLAY. | REVENUE. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| By New Sewers | 1,644 | 6 | Balance brought forward | 1 | 14 | 0¾ | |
| „ Sewers construction | 266 | 1 | Cash of Overseers upon orders of contribution | 530 | 0 | 0 | |
| ,, Openings | 8 | 16 | 1 | Ditto ditto excess of Sewers Rate | 37 | 7 | 2 |
| „ Repairs | 17 | 18 | Ditto contributions to Sewers | 68 | 10 | 4 ¾ | |
| ,, Cleansing, and Cleansing Cesspools | 3 | 5 | Interest on Deposit Account | 15 | 8 | 2 | |
| „ Incidental works | 51 | 13 | Cash of Overseers for Main Drainage | 1,675 | 12 | 0 | |
| „ Flushing and Gullies | 7 7 | 16 | Ditto ditto Metropolitan Board expenses | 223 | 10 | 8 | |
| „ Establishment charges | 202 | 1 | Ditto of W. Cotton, Esq. for Sewer works upon his estate | 58 | 0 | 0 | |
| ,, Interest on charges on rates and part repayment of principal to General Annuity Endowment Assocation | 288 | 18 | Ditto from Loan Account for new Sewers | 1,644 | 6 | 5 | |
| Balance against the Parish | 205 | 12 | 5¾ | ||||
| „ Metropolitan Board for Main Drainage | 1,675 | 12 | |||||
| „ Metropolitan Board expenses | 223 | 10 | |||||
| £4,460 | 1 | £4,460 | 1 | 4¼ | |||
LOA ACCOUNT.
| £ | S. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| „ Construction of New Sewers | 1,644 | 6 | Balance brought forward... ... ... ... | 1,728 | 0 | 0 | |
| „ Balance unexpended | 83 | 13 | |||||
| £1,728 | 0 | £1,728 | 0 | 0 |
we hereby certify that we have examined and allowed the accounts of which
this account is an abstract.
Dated this 8th day of August, 1860.
James Bremner,
Auditors.
John II. Iv. Bond,