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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Greenwich 1898
Annual report for the year ending 25th March, 1899
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The following Notes are explanatory of certain items contained in this Statement.
| Greenwich. | St. Paul, Deptford. | St. Nicholas, Deptford. | Total. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| WAGES.—Allocated to the following headings of Account, as under, viz.:- | ||||||||||||
| *Repairs to Roads, &c. | 3945 | 1 | 8 | 5149 | 7 | 9 | 371 | 12 | 5 | 9466 | 1 | 10 |
| Road Watering | 161 | 12 | 10 | 120 | 12 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 322 | 4 | 10 |
| Materials | 449 | 9 | 5 | 771 | 15 | 8 | 62 | 15 | 11 | 1284 | 1 | 0 |
| House and Trade Refuse | 2386 | 2 | 10 | 2475 | 16 | 11 | 171 | 5 | 3 | 5033 | 5 | 0 |
| Wharves | 423 | 18 | 4 | 784 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1209 | 2 | 2 | |
| Disinfecting Bedding, &c. | 147 | 18 | 5 | 165 | 18 | 3 | 313 | 16 | 8 | |||
| Public Conveniences | 55 | 18 | 0 | 67 | 12 | 0 | .... | 123 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Greenwich New Depôt | 11 | 15 | 4 | ... | .... | 11 | 15 | 4 | ||||
| Watson Street Improvement | .... | 6 | 8 | 0 | .... | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Pavement and Road Inspector | .... | 130 | 0 | 0 | .... | 130 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| St. Alphage Recreation Ground | 125 | 16 | 0 | .... | .... | 125 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Ravensbourne „ „ | .... | .... | .... | 70 | 4 | 10 | ||||||
| Wellington Street „ „ | .... | 131 | 18 | 6 | 131 | 18 | 6 | |||||
| Flushers' Wages | 651 | 6 | 11 | 710 | 4 | 8 | 81 | 12 | 7 | 1443 | 4 | 2 |
| Drainage Inspector | 104 | 0 | 0 | .... | .... | 104 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| River Wall | 243 | 18 | 4 | .... | .... | 243 | 18 | 4 | ||||
| Sewers Maintenance | 16 | 18 | 0 | 85 | 7 | 11 | .... | 102 | 5 | 11 | ||
| Oak House | .... | .... | .... | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Common Charges, Salaries | .... | .... | .... | 244 | 18 | 3 | ||||||
| Cleansing River Ravensbourne | .... | .... | .... | 7 | 13 | 6 | ||||||
| £8,723 | 16 | 1 | 10,468 | 1 | 0 | 859 | 10 | 8 | 20,387 | 4 | 4 | |
| Greenwich. | St. Paul, Deptford. | St. Nicholas, Deptford. | ||||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||
| * Under this Heading are included :— | ||||||||||||
| Manual Labour- | ||||||||||||
| Scavenging | 2150 | 0 | 11 | 2959 | 15 | 1 | 203 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Other Labour | 1353 | 7 | 1 | 1609 | 9 | 4 | 114 | 16 | 1 | |||
| Proportion of Team Labour | 441 | 13 | 8 | 580 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 15 | 8 | |||
| £3,945 | 1 | 8 | 5,149 | 7 | 9 | 371 | 12 | 5 | ||||
| Greenwich. | St. Paul, Deptford. | St. Nicholas, Deptford. | Total. | |||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| FREIGHTAGE, £4,376 0s. 3d., distributed as under, viz.:- | ||||||||||||
| Highways | 525 | 19 | 0 | 831 | 14 | 3 | 94 | 5 | 6 | 1451 | 18 | 9 |
| House Refuse Removal | 1476 | 17 | 6 | 1322 | 15 | 6 | 124 | 8 | 6 | 2924 | 1 | 6 |
| £2,002 | 16 | 6 | 2,154 | 9 | 9 | 218 | 14 | 0 | 4,376 | 0 | 3 | |
| †COMMON CHARGES are as under:- | Total. | |||||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | ||||||||||
| Salaries | 3072 | 17 | 5 | |||||||||
| Superannuation—J. Nidd Smith | 250 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Travelling Allowance to Road Surveyor | 150 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Guarantee Premiums | 9 | 17 | 0 | |||||||||
| Legal Expenses, Compensation, &c. | 403 | 15 | 8 | |||||||||
| Printing, Stationery and Advertisements | 627 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||
| Rates, Taxes, Insurance | 148 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| Coal. Coke, Gas, Water, &c. | 52 | 9 | 11 | |||||||||
| Notification of Infectious Disease | 196 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||
| Miscellaneous | 240 | 15 | 10 | |||||||||
| "Oak House" Temporary Shelter | 19 | 11 | 9 | |||||||||
| £5,171 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||
| The Common Charges are charged to the several Rate Accounts as follow:- | £ | S. | d. | |||||||||
| General Rates—Allocated according to Rateable Value | 4232 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||
| Sewers „ „ „ Resolution of Board | 886 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lighting „ „ „ „ „ | 52 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||
| £5,171 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||