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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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39
FINANCE.
(a) Audit of Accounts.
The accounts of the Borough Council for the year ended
31st March, 1907, have been audited by Mr. A. Carson Roberts,
the District Auditor, and are published separately.
The Auditor's report thereon is as follows:—
Metropolitan Boroughs Audit District.
District Auditor's Report.
The Grove, Dulwich, S.E.
7th August, 1907.
To the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith.
Gentlemen,
I beg to report that 1 have closed the Audit of the Accounts
of the Council for the year ended at the 31st day of March last,

Table: Expenditure. The following items have been covered for this occasion by sanctions under the Local Authorities (Expenses) Act, 1887:—

Expenditure. The following items have been covered for this occasion by sanctions under the Local Authorities (Expenses) Act, 1887:—

£s.d.
Salary of Public Health Visitor (maternity cases)85108
Printing, etc., re cases of infant life1160
Post Mortem Instruments (a County not a Borough charge)196
Subscriptions to the Metropolitan Borough Council's Association10100
Gratuities to widows of employees1784

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In giving their sanction to the last item the Local Government
Board state that they could not undertake to sanction
future payments of the kind.
Electricity Accounts.
Excepting in regard to the two matters which are mentioned
below, the accounts present a correct and reliable basis
for considering the financial position and the results of the
working of the undertaking,
i. There has been some delay in the raising of Loans
to meet the capital outlay, and as a result the incidence of
the loan redemption charges proper to the years had been