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Rotherhithe 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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"Resolved, that Mr. Carr-Gomm's letter be entered on the Minutes of the
"Vestry."
The Commissioners of the Baths and Wash-houses have caused a Tablet to be
erected on the main front of the Baths, Lower-road, recording the before-mentioned
Jubilee Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Carr-Gomm, with an inscription thereon, as follows
viz.:—
On the 24th day of June, 1887,
In commemoration of the Jubilee of the Reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty
QUEEN VICTORIA.
Emily Blanche Carr-Gomm, the wife of Francis Culling Carr-Gomm, Esquire,
presented the freehold site of these Public Baths and Wash-houses to the
Commissioners, for the Benefit of the Parish of Rotherhithe.
Commissioners:
John Bulmer, Chairman.
Francis John Bisley, Vice-Chairman.
Edward James Talbot,
Lawrence Stevens,
Thomas William Clarke,
Ralph Westall Walker,
Samuel Brownfield.
James J. Stokes, Clerk.
Public Libraries' (England) Acts, 1855 to 1887.
At a Meeting of the Vestry, held on the 15th November, 1887, a letter
from the Vestry Clerk, on behalf of the Overseers of the Poor of this Parish was
read as follows:—
St. Mary, Rotherhithe,
Parochial Offices,
15th November, 1887.
Gentlemen,
I am directed by the Overseers of the Poor of this Parish, to inform you
that in pursuance of a requisition to that effect signed by upwards of ten ratepayers,
| £ | s. | d | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d | £ | s. | d. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To Cash received from Overseers, viz.:— | By Instalments of Loans ... ... | 970 | 13 | 4 | |||||||||
| Precept April, 1887 | 700 | 0 | 0 | „ Interest on Loans... | 833 | 10 | 9 | ||||||
| Precept Oct., 1887 | 600 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1804 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 1300 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Transferred from Working Account (profit) | 504 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
| £l804 | 4 | 1 | £1804 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance on March 25,1887 | 347 | 19 | 2 | By Wages | 825 | 10 | 2 | ||||||
| Receipts to Lady-day, 1887— | „ Clerk's Salary | 40 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| „ Water | 154 | 11 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Baths | 1178 | 5 | 4 | „ Coal and Coke | 297 | 15 | 6 | ||||||
| Wash-houses | 556 | 16 | 10 | „ Gas | 18 | 18 | 1 | ||||||
| Sale of Soap, &c. | 34 | 11 | 2 | „ Soap and Soda | 31 | 14 | 6 | ||||||
| Hire of Concert Bath | 8 | 19 | 2 | „ Rent | 57 | 6 | 8 | ||||||
| Rent of Offices | 100 | 0 | 0 | „ Insurance | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1888 | 12 | 6 | „ Rates and Taxes | 31 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| „ Printing and Stationery | 19 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||
| „ Boiler Fluid | 17 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||
| „ Oilman's Goods | 42 | 18 | 5 | ||||||||||
| „ Removing Ashes | 6 | 10 | 6 | ||||||||||
| „ Mangle Parts, &c. | 9 | 6 | 9 | ||||||||||
| „ Linoleum | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| „ Carpenter's Work and Wood | 5 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||
| „ Leather Bands, Hose, &c. | 4 | 13 | 8 | ||||||||||
| „ Ironmongery | 12 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||
| „ Cement, Fire Bricks, &c. | 5 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||
| „ Painting Front of Building | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| „ Iron Safe | 10 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||
| „ Cleaning Boilers, Flues, &c. | 10 | 18 | 0 | ||||||||||
| „ Repairs to Engine, Furnace, &c. | 18 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| „ Building new Furnace Cockle, &c. | 45 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| „ Relacqueriug Chandeliers | 4 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||
| „ Engine Oil | 5 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sundry small accounts | 22 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Clerk's disbursements | 0 | 11 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Superintendent's petty expenses | 6 | 19 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 29 | 16 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 1763 | 12 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Balance | 472 | 18 | 10 | ||||||||||
| £2236 | 11 | 8 | £2236 | 11 | 8 | ||||||||