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Shoreditch 1897

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

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ST. LEONARD'S, SHOREDITCH.—WORKING CLASS DWELLINGS. Moira and Plumber 's Places .

Scheme. Schedule of Rents, Cost and Net Profit, &c., showing detailed calculations.(Britannia and Provost Street Sites.)

December 12th, 1897.

Site.Total No. of Rooms .No. of Tenements.Rooms, Living and Bed (average).Total Areas averaeedWeekly.Rentals. YearlyTotal AnnualParticulars of Estimate.Cost, Detail of and Total.Particulars of Deductions from Annual Rentals.Annual Rentals, Amount deducted from and Total Annual.
£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
MOIRA PLACE.Lowest Estimate—Cost of Building17,22100Rates, 5/11 in the £ on rateable value, less 25 per cent. for compounding £645 15s. 8d.19100
15025 2-room sets12.3×13.612.6×10.62966/6432100Architect's Commission86100
Quantity Surveyor21500Property Tax at 8d. in the £ on gross value, less one-sixth £956 14s. 5d.3200
12040 3-room sets12.3×13.612.0 × 9.63978/688400Clerk of Works, say20000
11.9×10.0Inhabited House Duty at 3d. in the £ on tenements having a grossNil
No. 5 Cupboards3d.350Gross Cost of Building £18,49700value of not less than £20 per annum, less 25 per cent
I Value of Land—Site 13,70800Water Rate, 4 per cent, on gross value.4600
Do. —Site 271200Electric Light Allowance.2400
Caretaker — Supervision and collection, cleaning utensils, & incidentals, 5 per cent on annual7700
23010 3-room sets12.0×13.610.0×13.04028/622100Total Outlay £22,91700
9.6×11.6rental. Empties and loss of rent, 3½ per cent. on do.5400
200 rooms. Total Annual Rental £1530150Repairs 10/- per room on 20010000
Deduct 25 per cent. for total gross value114813Insurance 1/6 per £100 on cost of dwellings, less 50 per cent. £8,700 say.700
Do. do. rateable do861011Interest, 3 per cent, on total outlay, £22,917.688005310O
Balance equals about 3/5-ths per cent. on Total Outlay. ROWLAND PLUMBE, F.R.I.B.A., Architect, 13, Fitzroy Square, W.Sinking Fund to repro duce total outlay of £22,917 at termination of 60 years at 2½ per cent.16900
85700
1,88800
Balance142150142150
£1,5301501,53015e