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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The following sewers have been cleansed by the Contractor of
the Board, viz.:-
Limehouse.—
150 feet run of 12-in. pipe sewer in Galt Street. ]
182 feet run of 12-in. pipe sewer in Dupont Street.
264 feet run of 12-in. pipe sewer in Commercial Road, oppisite
Limehouse Church.
145 feet run of 12 in. pipe sewer in St. Anne Street.
300 feet run of 12-in. pipe sewer in Stains by Road.
The 12-in. pipe sewer in Commercial Road opposite the "Cape
of Good Hope."
Ratcliff.—
50 feet run of 18-in. barrel Sewer in Belgrave Street.
96 feet run of 12-in. pipe sewer in York Road.
9 New Gulley Grates have been supplied and fixed.
2 New Gulley Pans have been supplied and fixed, and
83 feet run of 6 in. pipe drain constructed in Trigg,s Place,
Limehouse.
1 New Gulley Pan has been supplied and fixed, and the
Gulley Drain reconstructed.
5 Gullies repaired.
5 New Flushing Boxes supplied and fixed.
1 Flushing Box repaired.
1 New side entrance cover fixed.
1 Gulley Grate lowered.
4 Air Shafts raised.
2 Ventilators raised.
1 Ventilating Shaft repaired
The sewer in Baroda Place, Shadwell, has been unstopped and
been flushed by the men employed by the Board with water
supplied by the East London Water Works Co.
No. 14
RETURN OF MONIE???ISED ON LOAN AT INTEREST
No. | Date of Mortgage. | Amount. | Rate of Interest | Secured on. | ???r what purpose Borrowed. | From whom Borrowed. | For what Term. | Repayments. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
£85.116 10/ | £64,447 | 10 | 0 | |||||||
22 | 1874, October 1 | £2,816 10/ | £3 18/6 | General Rate. | ???r Improvements ??? Wapping Wall, ???hadwell. | Metropolitan Board of Works. • | Fifty-five Years. to be repaid as follows : £62 10s. on 1st Oct. 1875 ;£5l on lst Oct., in 54 succeeding years. | The whole. | ||
£2816 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||
(By Contribution From Metropolitan Board). | ||||||||||
23 | 1876, February 9 | £1,900 | £3 18/6 | Ditto. | ???or widening High Street. Wapping. Between Wapping Dork Street, and Sir William Warren's Square. | Ditto. | Fifty-four years, to be repaid as follows: £15 on 1st Oct. 1876 £35 on 1st Oct. in 53 succeeding years. | £395 | 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. | ???or Paving Commercial Road, East and West India Dock Roads, and for Paving in Limehouse and Shadwell. | Ditto. | Fifteen years, to be repaid as follows: £700 on lst Oct., 1876; £700 on lst Oct in 14 succeeding years. | £7.700 | 0 | 0 |
£102.233 | £77 259 | 0 | 0 |