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Rotherhithe 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To Balance on 25th March, 1887 | 3339 | 4 | 73/4 | By paid Salaries | 786 | 0 | 0 |
| ,, Cash from Overseers on Account of Paving Rate | 18822 | 0 | 0 | „ ,, Commission | 228 | 7 | 5 |
| ,, „ Interest on current Account with London and Westminster Hank | 19 | 0 | 0 | „ „ Rent of Vestry Offices | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| „ „ ,, Stone Yard | 48 | 9 | 8 | ||||
| „ „ Contributions from Overseers towards cost of Paving New Streets | 195 | 11 | 1 | ,, „ „ Board Room of Workhouse | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| ,, „ ,, Yard, Bush Road | 7 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| ,, „ The Churchwardens of St. Mary, Rotherhithe, on account of Plaistow Charity Estate | 70 | 0 | 0 | „ „ Paving Jobbing Works | 761 | 8 | 3 |
| „ „ „ Dilston Grove | 174 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| ,, „ Fees under the Canal Boats Registration Act | 1 | 15 | 0 | „ „ „ Rotherh the New Road, (part of) | 620 | 0 | 0 |
| „ „ Sundry Contributions | 2 | 16 | 2 | „ ,, ,, Ray mouth Road | 310 | 0 | 0 |
| „ „ „ Deptford Lower Road, at entrance to Hawkstone Road | 240 | 15 | 2 | ||||
| „ „ ,, Princes' Street | 422 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| „ „ „ Prospect Place, (side ways) | 63 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| ,, ,, „ Day Labour | 1643 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| „ „ Cartage | 2002 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| „ „ Broken Stone for Roads | 606 | 16 | 10 | ||||
| „ „ Watering Roads | 479 | 17 | 1 | ||||
| „ „ Loans and Interest | 2931 | 19 | 4 | ||||
| „ „ Valuation Committee Expenses | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| ,, ,, Removing Dust | 1010 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| „ „ Stationery, Printing, &c. | 36 | 11 | 4 | ||||
| „ „ Expenses under Sale of Food and Drug Act | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| „ „ Expenses under Nuisance Removal and Sanitary Acts | 85 | 3 | |||||
| ,, „ London School Board Precept | 7176 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| „ ,, Expenses for Ballot for Vestrymen | 37 | 10 | 4 | ||||
| ,, „ Expenses under Canal Boats Registration Act.. | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| „ ,, Owners of Property in Eugenie Road, amount of Apportionment paid in excess of Contract sum for paving the said Road | 52 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| „ „ Tradesmen's Bills, &c. | 394 | 11 | 2 | ||||
| . | 20276 | 9 | 11 | ||||
| Balance | 2173 | 16 | 113/4 | ||||
| 6 | 103/4 | 6 | 103/4 |
The following applications for the erection and drainage of new houses and
buildings have also been checked and approved:
Number
of
Notices.
Number
of
Houses.
Additions
to
Houses.
Warehouses
and other
Buildings.
TotalNumber
of New
Buildings.
23
12
11
10
33
By arrangement with the owner of the property, an iron ventilating pipe from
the sewer, with exhaust cowl, has been fixed between Nos. 56c and 56d Ainstv
Street.
The Vestry have also been in communication with the Metropolitan Board
of \\ orks, urging the Board to provide additional exhaust ventilators to the
main sewer, Rotherhithe New-road.
I he foollwing houses in Osprev-street, viz.: Nos. 6 to 14 on the south side, and
Nos. 9 to 19 and 25 and 27 on the north side, have been drained into the pipe sewer
in the street, and a man-hole formed in the said sewer.