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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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| Property. | Tenure. | Remarks. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borough Cemetery at Mortlake (31 acres) | Freehold | Freehold acquired in 1904-5, £30,666. | |||
| Baths and Wash-houses Lime Grove | Freehold | Freehold acquired in 1904-5, £3,000. Buildings in course of erection. | |||
| Public Libraries— (a) Central (Carnegie) Library, Brook Green Road | Freehold | Cost of building | £12,I53 | 0 | 0 |
| 982 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Furnishing and fittings | 1,662 | 6 | 10 | ||
| Clerk of Works | 317 | 11 | 7 | ||
| Legal Expenses | 13 | 6 | 6 | ||
| £15,128 | 5 | 8 | |||
| Lease granted by the late Metro-politan Board of Works in 1888, at a rental of £ 10 per annum | The Council has to undertake the maintenance of the building. | ||||
| (1c) Passmore Edwards Library, Uxbridge Road | Freehold land given by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners | Building erected by Mr. J. Passmore Edwards, at his own cost. (£6,000 approximately.) | |||
| Freehold | Freehold purchased February, 1898, for £190. | ||||
| Making up road | £44 | 8 | 11 | ||
| Paid re party walls | 26 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Cost of Building | 963 | 14 | 4 | ||
| Wendell Park (about 4 acres) | Land given by Ecclesiastical Commissioners conditionally | The arrangements were finally com-pleted in March, 1894; full details of which are supplied in the 11th Annual Report of the late Vestry, pages 42 to 44. | |||
| Recreation Ground, Gt. Church Lane (1 acre, 2 roods, 28 poles) | Freehold | Copyhold purchased 24th December, 1890, from Ecclesiastical Commis-sioners for £1,600, one half of which was contributed by the London County Council. (Since enfranchised.) | |||
| Expenditure | £ | s. | d. | ||
| Legal Expenses | 32 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Erection of gates and lences | 128 | 15 | 9 | ||
| Building wall | 74 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Preparing and laying out ground, &c. | 750 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Watch Box | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gymnastic Apparatus | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||
| £1,042 | 17 | 9 | |||