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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
Hammersmith 1905
Sixth annual report year ended 31st March 1906
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CORPORATE PROPERTY IN THE BOROUGH.
List of the freehold, copyhold, and leasehold property belonging to the Borough under the control of the Council:—
| Property. | Tenure. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|
| Town Hall, Broad-way | Freehold | Copyhold purchased in 1892 for £1,500, since enfranchised; present buildings completed November, 1897, at a cost of £24,281 1s. 1d. Fittings and Furniture about £3.000. |
| Stables and Depot, Gt. Church Lane | Freehold | Freehold purchased on February 7th, 1879, for £6,000; present buildings completed, May, 1880, at a cost of £6,243 8s. 8d.; accommodation of Superintendent's house increased in the year 1894, at a cost of £258 12s. 9d.; accommodation for 63 horses. Strip of land sold to Metropolitan District Railway Co. in 1905-6 for £1.574. |
| Ditto (Albany Lodge) | Ditto | Acquired in 1899, for the sum of £2,000, as an addition to the depot. |
| Wharf, Queen's Road | Freehold | Freehold purchased March, 1868, for £3,060. This wharf has a river frontage of 118 feet, and a mean depth of 198 feet. Buildings, &c , Erected. 1868. Dwelling-house, construction of wall, £948 9s. 8d. 1888. Making shoots, an approach thereto, and a new entrance for barging dust, £566 0s. 4d 1888 Weigh office and 1o-ton weigh-bridge, £108 is. (Moved in 1903 to a site adjoining the old Mortuary.) 1898. Disinfecting apparatus,£1,100, 1902. Electric crane, £735. 1902. Track for electric crane, and wall, £895 10s. 6d. 1902. Pump house and well, £1,000, for Electricity Condensing Scheme. 1904. Constructing new river wall, £770 15s. 4d. |
| Rosebank Wharf | Freehold | Freehold purchased May, 1897, for£7,000, the law costs incident to the transaction being £126 is. 6d. This wharf has an area of 1½ acres, a river frontage of 226 feet, measured in the square, and a like building frontage for small houses to the approach road. Cost of building party walls £213 10s. 3d.; river wall £910 17s. 3a., and bound ary wall '£344 13s. 1d. |