Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]
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HOUSE DRAINAGE.
120 houses (including 80 new erections and other buildings)
have been connected with the Sewers, and the following works
executed in connexion therewith, viz. :—
24 feet of 12in. Pipe Drains laid.
577 „ 9in.
4,729 „ Gin. „
1,220 „ 4in. „
107 Closet Pans and Traps fixed.
154 Sinks and Traps fixed.
PAVING.
New footway Paving has been laid down as follows, viz. :—
Limeiiouse.—Parts of Gill Street, Copenhagen Place, Limehouse
Causeway, Amoy Place, and Oak Lane, Barnes Street,
corner of Salmon Lane, part of Carr Street, East of New Railway
Bridge, Blount Street, West of New Railway Bridge, parts of Burdett
Road, Church Row, Farrance Street, and Locksley Street.
SHADWELL—Parts of High Street.
Wapping.—Footway High Street, next Tunnel Pier.
Old footway Paving has been relaid as follows, viz. :—
Limeiiouse.—Parts of Limehouse Causeway, Maroon Street,
between Carr Street and Aston Street, Barnes Street, corner of Salmon
Lane, parts of Burdett Road, Oak Lane, and Copenhagen Place,
Lowell Street, and Carr Street, East of New Railway, Blount Street,
West of New Railway, parts of Farrance Street, Island Row, Amoy
Place, Agnes Street, North Street, and Burdett Road, Commercial
Road, opposite "Brittannia" P.H., parts of Rhodeswell Road, and
Gill Street.
Ratcliff.—Parts of Caroline Street, Butcher Row, Dorset
Street, Narrow Street, Ann Street, and Durham Row.
Siiadwell.—Parts of Glamis Road, West Gardens, Love Lane,
King David Lane, New Gravel Lane, and Milk Yard.
Wapping.—High Street next Tunnel Pier, and Hedge's Warehouses,
and various parts of High Street.
RETURN OF MONIES RAISED ON LOAN AT INTEREST
No. | Date of Mortgage. | Amount. | Rate of Interest. | Secured on. | For what purpose Borrowed. | From whom Borrowed. | For what Term. | Repayment. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
£85,116 10/ | £55,082 | 10 | 0 | |||||||
22 | 1874, October 1 | £2,816 10/ | £3 18/6 | General Rates. | For Improvements in Wapping Wall Shadwell. | Metropolitan Board of Works. | Fifty-five years, to be repaid as follows: £62 10s. on lstOct.,1875; £51 on 1st Oct., in 54 succeeding years. | The whole. £2,816 10 0 (By Contribution from Metropolitan Board). | ||
23 | 1876, February 9 | £1,900 | £3 18/6 | Ditto. | For certain Works, viz.: the widening of High Street, Wapping, between Wapping Dock Street, and Sir William Warren's Square. | Ditto. | Fifty-four years, to be repaid as follows: £45 on 1st Oct., 1876; £35 on 1st Oct. in 53 succeeding years. | £220 | 0 | 0 |
24 | 1876, February 9 | £1,900 | £3 18/6 | Ditto. | Ditto. | Ditto. | Ditto. | The whole. | ||
£1,900 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
(By Contribution from Metropolitan Board). | ||||||||||
25 | 1876, March 8 | £10,500 | £3 18/6 | Ditto. | For certain Paving Works, viz.: Commercial Road, East and West India Dock Roads, and also Paving Works in Limehouse and Shadwell. | Ditto. | Fifteen years, to be repaid as follows: £700 on 1st Oct., 1876; £700 on 1st Oct. in 14 succeeding years. | £4,200 | 0 | 0 |
£102,233 | £64,219 | 0 | 0 | |||||||