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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
Mile End 1871
The fifteenth annual report of the Vestry of the Hamlet Mile End Old Town in the county of Middlesex
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For the year ending 25th March, 1871.
| RECEIPTS. | £ | s. | d. | EXPENDITURE. | £ | s. | d. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount received from Overseers on account of Calls, including Calls of the Metropolitan Board of Works, for the Consolidated Rate, &c. | 4691 | 6 | 3 | Construction of Sewers | 856 | 1 | 6 |
| Cleansing same | 90 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Amount received from Overseers, being the amount collected by them up to the 25th March, 1870, in excess of the amount of the Precepts issued to them for Sewers | 312 | 13 | 9 | Public conveniences | 148 | 13 | 8 |
| Metropolitan Board of Works | 5560 | 17 | 4 | ||||
| Disinfectants for gullies, &c. | 73 | 11 | 3 | ||||
| The like for Main Drainage | 17 | 4 | 1 | Salaries, proportion of, charged to Sewers Account | 550 | 0 | 0 |
| Amount received for Expenses incurred in Drainage Works | 1 | 0 | 0 | Petty Cash Disbursements, Clerk's and Surveyor's department (proportion charged to Sewers Account) | 113 | 18 | 0 |
| Amount received from Limehouse Board of Works towards cost of construction of Sewer in Portland Street | 37 | 12 | 0 | ||||
| Amount of Interest on Drawing Account at London and Westminster Bank | 10 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Amount received from various persons for draining into Sewers, after deducting amounts returned or to be returned | 29 | 6 | 4 | ||||
| Balance | 2293 | 18 | 4 | ||||
| £7393 | 15 | 9 | £7393 | 15 | 9 | ||
| Amount in hand at Audit, 1870 | 2428 | 2 | 3¾ | ||||
| Deduct excess of expenditure over receipts | 2293 | 18 | 4 | ||||
| £134 | 3 | 11¾ | |||||