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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 1906
Seventh annual report year ended 31st March 1907
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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:— (Prepared pursuant to Section 199 of the 18 and 19 Vict., c. 120:)
| Property. | Tenure. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|
| Town Hall, Broadway | 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. |
| Works Depot, Great Church Lane | Ditto | 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 depôt. |
| Works Depot, Scrubs Lane | Ditto | Acquired from the Trustees of the Waste Lands Almshouses in 1907 for £2,350. |
| Electricity Sub-Station, Scrubs Lane | Ditto | Ditto £400. |
| Wharf, Queen's Road | Ditto | 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 os. 4d. | ||
| 1888. Weigh office and 1o-ton weigh-bridge, £108 1s. (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. Re-constructing river wall, £770 15s. 2d. |