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Shoreditch 1887

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]

Published
1888
Pages
106
Tables
63

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  • Page 8
    The valuation of the Parish for Assessment purposes, for the year beginning the 5th of April, 1888, is as follows:—
    April, 1887., 1888.Increase.
  • Page 8
    The number of Assessments and the Rateable Value of each Ward, omitting such of the Gas, Water, Railway and other Assessments, as are included in several Wards, are as follows:—
    Number of Assessments.Rateable Value.
  • Page 9
    Continued from previous page...
    Number of Assessments.Rateble V alue
  • Page -
    Collection of Rates for the Quarter- 4 ; --day, 1887, to Midsummer-day, 1887. RATES IN THE £:—POOR, SEVEN-PENCE ???AL, SIX-PENCE; SEWERS, TWO-PENCE.
    WARDCOLLECTORARREARSRATES TO MIDSUMMER-DAY, 1887.Carried forward to Michaelmas-day Rate.
    Outstanding at tbs closing of the Lady-Day Rates.CollectedLobsStill OutstandingAmount of A??? the ???sdayCollected.Allowance to Owners 25 per cent.Excused.Losses by Empties,&c.Losses by RemovalIrrecoverableArrears Outstanding on Rate to Midsummer-day.
    No Effects and Insolvencies.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.s.d£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page -
    Collection of Rates for the Quarter—Mi imer-day, 1887, to Michaelmas-day, 1887. RATES IN THE £:— POOR, SEVEN-PENCE HAL, FIVE-PENCE; SEWERS, TWO-PENCE.
    WARDCOLLECTORARREARSRATES TO MICHAELMAS-DAY, 1887.Carried forward to Christmas-day Rate.
    Outstanding at the closing of the MidsummerDay Rates.CollectedLossStill OutstandingAmount???? liaelmasdayCollected.Allowance to Owners 25 per cent.Excused.Losses by Empties,&c.Losses by RemovalIrrecoverableArrears Outstandinp on Rate to Michaelmas-day.
    No Effects and Insolvencies.
    £sd£sd£sd£sd£sd1£sd£s.d£sd£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page -
    Collection of Rates for the Quarter—1- Jmas-day, 1887, to Christmas-day, 1887. RATES IN THE £: —POOR, SIX-PENCE; SEVEN-PENCE; SEWERS, TWO-PENCE.
    WARDCOLLECTORARREARSRATES TO CHRISTMAS-DAY, 1887.Carried forward to Lady-day Rate.
    Outstanding at the closing of the MichaelmasDay Rates.CollectedLossStill OutstandingAmount????Collected.Allowance to Owners 25 per cent.Excused.Losses by Empties,&c.Losses by RemovalIrrecoverableArrears Outstanding on Rate to Chris'masday.
    No Effects and Insolvencies.
    £s.d.£s.d£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page -
    Collection of Rates for the Quarter- istmas-day, 1887, to Lady-day, 1888. RATES IN THE JE.--P00R, SIX-PENCE; Gffl, SIX-PENCE; SEWERS, THREE-PENCE.
    WARDCOLLECTORARREARSRATES TO LADY-DAY, 1888.Carried forward to Midsummer day Rate.
    Outstanding at the closing of the Christinas Day Rates.CollectedLoss.Still OutstandingAmoutr1 ant of Assessi ites as pi the Valuat ter to List y-dayCollected.Allowance to Owners 25 per cent.Excused.Losses by Empties ,&c.Losses by RemovalIrrecoverableArrears Outstanding on Rate to Lady-day.
    No Effects and Insolvencies
    £sd£sd£sd£sd£sd£sd£sd£sd£sd£sd£sd£sd£sd
  • Page 20
    VESTRY OF ST. LEONARD, SHOREDITCH. POOR RATE. A COPY of an Abstract Statement of the amount levied in respect of Poor Rates, and the Expenditure thereof, under the Order of the Vestry, for the Half-year ended 29th September 1887.
    RECEIPTS.£s.d.EXPENDITURE.£s.d.
  • Page 21
    VESTRY OF ST. LEONARD, SHOREDITCH. POOR RATE. A COPY of an Abstract Statement of the amount levied in respect of Poor Rates, and the Expenditure thereof, under the Order of the Vestry, for the Half-year ended 25th March, 1888.
    RECEIPTS£s.d.EXPENDITURE£ *s.d.
  • Page 22 23
    SEWERS RATE. (including Metropolitan Consolidated Rate.) Account in Abstract, Shewing the Receipts and. Expenditure, for the Vestry of the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, for tht Year ended 25 th March , 1888.
    Receipts.£s.d.Expenditure.£s.d.
  • Page 24 25
    SEWERS RATE— Continued.
    Receipts.£s.d.Expenditure.£s.d.
  • Page 26 27
    General Account in abstract, showing the of the vestry of the parish of saint leonard Rate. Receipts and expenditure shorditch, for the year ended 25th march, 1888.
    REceipts.Expenditure.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.'
  • Page 28 29
    GENERAL RATE— Continued.
    Expenditure
    £s.d£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 30 31
    GENERA L RATE- Continued.
    Receipts.Expenditure.
    £s.d.£s,d.£s.d.
  • Page 32 33
    GENERAL RATE—Continued.
    Receipts.Expenditure.
    £sd.£s.d
  • Page 34 35
    GENERAL RATE—Continued.
    Receipts.Expenditure.
    £s.d£s.d.
  • Page 36 37
    TRAMWAY PAVING FUND.
    Receipts.Expenditure.
    £s.d.1888£,s.d.
  • Page 38 39
    BURIAL BOARD.
    Receipts.Expenditure.
    1887.£sd.1887. July 5th£.s.d
  • Page 40 41
    APPOLD STREET IMPROVEMENT
    Dr.Cr.
    £s.d.By Expenditure—£s.d
  • Page 42 43
    STATEMENT of ASSETS and LIABILITIES of the Vestry of the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, on the 5 th March, 1888.
    Assets.Liabilities.
    sewers rate.
    £S.d,£s.d.
  • Page 44
    STATEMENT OE THE INDEBTEDNESS OF THE VESTRY IN RESPECT OF LOANS, ON THE 25th MARCH, 1888.
    No. of Loan.From who Borrowed.Date when borrowed.Purpose.Period.AmountRate of Interest per cent., and how payable, half-yearlyRepaidUnpaid
  • Page 45
    Report of the A nalyst for the Quarter ending June 2\th, 1887,
    Date of receipt by Analyst of the Article to be Analysed.Name of Person from whom the Article was received.Number marked on the parcel containing the Article by which it is to be identified by ths Inspector in lieu of the name of the person from whom it was procured.Article received.Result of Analysis Specifying the nature and kind of foreign in gredients detected in such article (if any).Observations.
  • Page 46
    Analyst's Report for Quarter ending 29 th day of September, 1887.
    Date of receipt by Analyst of the Article to be Analysed.Name of Person from whom the Article was received.Number marked on the. parcel containing the Article by which it. is to be identified by the Inspector in lieu of the name of the person from whom it was procured.Article received.Result of Analysis specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredients detected in such article (if any).Observations.
  • Page 47
    Analyst's Report for the Quarter ending 25 th day of December, 1887.
    Date of receipt by Analyst of the Article to be Analysed.Name of Person from whom the Article was received.Number marked on the parcel containing the Article by which it is to be identified by the Inspector in lieu of the name of the person from whom it wag procured.Article received.Result of Analysis specifying the nature and kind of foreign i gredients detected in such article (if any).Observations,
  • Page 48
    Analyst's Report for the Quarter ending the 25th day of March, 1888.
    Date of receipt by Analyst of the Article to be Analysed.Name of Person from whom the Artic'e was received.Number marked on the parcel containing the Article by which it. is to be identified by th: Inspector in lien of the name of the person from whom it was procured.Article received.Result of Analysis Specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredients detected in such article (if any).Observations.
  • Page 49
    The following quantities of material were supplied by the Contractors at the cost stated, and used on the Macadam and ballast roads in the parish during the year:—
    £s.d.
  • Page 51
    The following Table gives the roads that have been rolled, together with the cost of same, and other details:-
    LOCALITY.Broken Guernsey Granite.MATERIALS AND COST.Wages for Labor and WatchmenRoller Expenses, Sharps and Steels.Water and Horsing Water CartTotal Cost.Superficial Area.Cost per yard.
    Flints.Hoggin.Siftings, See., from Yard.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.yards
  • Page 52
    Continued from previous page...
    LOCALITY.Broken Guernsey Granite.MATERIALS AND COST.Wages for Labor and WatchmenRoller Expenses, Sharps and Steels.Water and Horsing Water CartTotal Cost.Superficial Area.Cost per yard.
    Flints.Hoggin.Siftings, &c., from Yard.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.yards.
  • Page 53
    Continued from previous page...
    LOCALITY.MATERIAL AND COST.Wages for Labor and WatchmenRoller Expenses, Sharps and Steels.Water and Horsing Water CartTotal Cost.Superficial Area.Cost per yard.
    Broken Guernsey-Granite.Flints.Hoggin.Siftings, &c., from Yard.
    £s.d.£sd.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.yards.
  • Page 54
    Continued from previous page...
    LOCALITY.MATERIAL AND COST.Wages for Labor and WatchmenRoller Expenses, Sharps and Steels.Water and Horsing Water CartTotal Cost.Superficial Area.Cost per yard.
    Broken Guernsey Granite.Flints.Hoggin.Siftings, &c., from Yard.
    £s.d.£sd.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.yards.
  • Page 55
    Continued from previous page...
    LOCALITY.MATERIAL AND COST.Wages for Labor and WatchmenRoller Expenses, Sharps and Steels.Water and Horsing Water CartTotal Cost.Superficial Area.Cost per yard.
    Broken Guernsey Granite.Flints.Hoggin.Siftings, &c., from Yard.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£sd.fs,d.£S.d.£s.d.£sd.yards.
  • Page 56
    Continued from previous page...
    LOCALITY.MATERIAL AND COST.Wages for Labor and WatchmenRoller Expenses, Sharps and Steels.Water and Horsing Water CartTotal Cost.Superficial Area.Cost per yard.
    Broken Guernsey Granite.Flints.Hoggin.Siftings, &c., from Yard.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.yards
  • Page 57
    Continued from previous page...
    LOCALITY.MATERIAL AND COST.Wages for Labor and WatchmenRoller Expenses, Sharps and Steels.Water and Horsing Water CartTotal Cost.Superficial Area.Gost per yard.
    Broken Guernsey Granite.Flints.Hoggin.Siftings, &c., from Yard.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£sd.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.yards.
  • Page 58
    Continued from previous page...
    LOCALITY.MATERIAL AND COST.wages for Labor and WatchmenRoller Expenses, Sharps and Steels.Water and Horsing Water CartTotal Cost.Superficial Area.Cost per yard. f
    Broker Guernsey Granite.Flints.Hoggin.Sifting, &c., frem. Yard.
    £s.d.£sd.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.yards.
  • Page 59
    Continued from previous page...
    LOCALITY.MATERIAL AND COST.Wages for Labor and WatchmenRoller Expenses, Sharps and Steels.Water and Horsing Water CartTotal Cost.Superficial Area.Cost per yard.
    Broken Guernsey Granite.Flints.Hoggin.Siftings, &c., from Yard.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£sd.£s.d.£s.d.yards.
  • Page 60
    Continued from previous page...
    LOCALITY.MATERIAL AND COST.Wages for Labor and WatchmenRoller Expenses, Sharps and Steels.Water aud Horsing Water CartTotal Cost.Superficial Area.Cost per yard.
    Broken Guernsey Granite.Flints.Hoggin.Siftings, &c., from Yard.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.yards.
  • Page 61
    Continued from previous page...
    LOCALITY.MATERIAL AND COST.Wages for Labor and WatchmenRoller Expenses, Sharps and Steels.Water and Horsing Water CartTotal Cost.Superficial Area.Cost per yard.
    Broken Guernsey Granite.Flints.Hoggin.Siftings, &c., from Yard.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.yards
  • Page 62
    Continued from previous page...
    LOCALITY.MATERIAL AND COST.Wages for Labor and WatchmenRoller Expenses, Sharps and Steels.Water and Horsing Water CartTotal Cost.Superficial Area.Cost per yard.
    Broken Guernsey Granite.Flints.Hoggin.Siftings, &c., from Yard.
  • Page 63
    Continued from previous page...
    LOCALITY.MATERIAL AND COST.Wages for Labor and WatchmenRoller Expenses, Sharps and Steels.W ater and Horsing Water CartTotal Cost.Superficial Area.Cost per yard.
    Broken Guernsey Granite.Flints.Hoggin.Siftings, &c., from Yard.
  • Page 64
    Continued from previous page...
    LOCALITY,MATERIAL AND COST.Wages for Labor and WatchmenRoller Expenses, Sharps and Steels.W ater and Horsing Water CartTotal Cost.Superficial Area.Cost per yard.
    Broken Guernsey-Granite.Flints.Hoggin.Siftings, &c., from Yard.
  • Page 65
    Continued from previous page...
    LOCALITY.MATERIAL AND COST.Wages for Labor and WatchmenRoller Expenses, Sharps and Steels.Water and Horsing Water CartTotal Cost.Superficial Area.Cost per yard.
    Broken Guernsey Granite.Flints.Hoggin.Siftings, &c., from Yard.
  • Page 66
    Continued from previous page...
    LOCALITY.MATERIAL AND COST.Wages for Labor and WatchmenRoller Expenses, Sharps and Steels.Water and Horsing Water CartTotal Cost.Superficial Area.Cost per yard.
    Broken Guernsey Granite.Flints.Hoggin.Siftings, &c., from Yard.
  • Page 75
    The following is a summary of the Wages Account for the past year—
    Receipts.Expenditure.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 81
    TABLE II. Statement of the Cost of Repairs and Painting, Lighting and Extinguishing and Cleaning for the year to March 31 st, 1888.
  • Page 81
    TABLE III. Cost of Maintenance of Meters and Governors, &c., Salaries and Expenses for the year to March }\st , 1888.
  • Page 82
    TABLE IV. Details of the Hours Burning per lamp and saving in respect of Twilight for the Year.
    Quarter ending.Number of Hours Burning per Quarter.Average Number of Hours Burning per Night.Savings in respect of Twilight.
  • Page 83
    TABLE V. Showing the comparative cost of Gas and the Saving under the New System,
    Quarter endingNumber of hours charged forConsumption per hour charged cu. ft.Consumption per Lamp per quarter cu. ft.Number of Lamps.Total Consumption per Quarter.Rate per 1000-ft.£S.d.Saving.
    £S.d
  • Page 84
    TABLE VI. Comparative Cost of Lighting, Extinguishing, Cleaning and Repairs and the saving under the Old and the New System.
    Lamps.s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 84
    NEW SYSTEM. Cost of Lighting, Extinguishing and Repairs to Lamps.
  • Page 84
    TABLE VII. Shewing the Total Saving by the Meter System and Modified Hours.
  • Page 85
    TABLE VIII. Shewing the consumption of Gas in Lamps of Greater Illuminating power than the ordinary.
    Quarter endingNumber of Hours charged forConsumption per Hour charged cu. ft.Consumption per Lamp per quarter cu. ft.Number of Lamps.Consumption per Quarter cu. ft.Rate per 1000 cu. ft.Total.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 86
    TABLE VIII.— Continued.
    Quarter endingNumber of Hours charged forCousump tion per Hour charged cu. ft.Consumption per Lamp per Quarter cu. ft.Number of Lamps.Consumption per Quarter cu. ft.Rate per 100 cu. ft.Total.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 87
    Of the deaths in the Public Institutions, there were in
    Res1dentsNon Res1dents
  • Page 87
    The statistics below given, show the rate of mortality in the different Registration Districts of the Parish :—
    PopulationDeathsAverage per 1,000 living
  • Page 98
    CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ARTICLES DISINFECTED AT VESTRY'S OVEN.
  • Page 98
    ARTICLES DESTROYED AND REPLACED BY THE VESTRY.
  • Page 98
    FOOD, condemned and destroyed, being unfit for human consumption
  • Page 99
    "SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT." Articles analysed (see Analyst's Report).
  • Page 99
    REMOVAL OF DUST. The number of dust complaints during the past year and the three previous years are shown in the following table.
    Eastern Division.Western Division
    1st.2nd.3rd.1st.2nd.3rd.
  • Page 101
    APPENDIX A SITUATION OF THE PUBLIC URINALS IN THE PARISH,
  • Page 102
    CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO BY THE VESTRY FOR GENERAL WORKS AND SUPPLY OF MATERIALS, For One Year, from the 25 th day of March, 1888.
    Date of contractname of contractor.works to be performed or materials supplied.
  • Page 107
    APPENDIX D. Amount of Precepts paid to the Metropolitan Board of Works.
    YearSEWER RATE. (Generel expenses).GENERAL RATE. (toll bridges).TOTAL.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 108
    APPENDIX E. Amounts of Precepts paid to London School Board since its Establishment under the Education Act of 1870.
    yeargeneral rate
    £s.d.