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St Giles (Camden) 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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Comparative Statement of Income and Expenditure—
| EXPENDITURE. | Year ending 25th March, 1892. | Year ending 25th March, 1893. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expenditure or this Board: | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
| Salaries and Superannuation Allowance | 3,449 | 9 | 2 | 3,454 | 12 | 2 |
| Paving (including restoration of disturbed paving) | 14,127 | 13 | 2 | 13,042 | 2 | 4 |
| Cleansing | 6,983 | 7 | 8 | 7,802 | 1 | 5 |
| Dusting | 3,010 | 15 | 0 | 3,745 | 0 | 5 |
| Lighting | 4,267 | 3 | 4 | 4,089 | 13 | 3 |
| Watering | 1,137 | 7 | 7 | 1,281 | 18 | 9 |
| Stone Yard and Premises | 519 | 10 | 4 | 2,086 | 9 | 2 |
| Miscellaneous Expenses | 1,321 | 6 | 6 | 1,268 | 1 | 0 |
| Legal and Parliamentary | 821 | 19 | 9 | 271 | 13 | 8 |
| Loans— Repayments and Interest | 549 | 7 | 0 | 537 | 19 | 9 |
| St. Giles Churchyard | 210 | 18 | 3 | 110 | 4 | 11 |
| Sewer Account, Wages and Materials of Repairs (including Cost of House Drain Connections) | 2,569 | 19 | 8 | 2,740 | 19 | 6 |
| New Sewers | 1,165 | 10 | 1 | 1,534 | 0 | 4 |
| Shaftesbury Avenue Lavatory, Building and Maintenance | 1,949 | 8 | 4 | 1,002 | 17 | 8 |
| 42,083 | 15 | 10 | 42,967 | 14 | 4 | |
| Expenditure over which this Board has no Control: | ||||||
| School Board for London | 18,152 | 4 | 11 | 17,971 | 9 | 5 |
| Commissioners of Public Libraries and Museums | 794 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Foundling Estate Bond Interest | 260 | 5 | 0 | 260 | 5 | 0 |
| Brunswick Square Garden Committee | 36 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 60,532 | 5 | 9 | 62,033 | 14 | 11 | |
| Cash Balance carried forward at end of the year | 3,905 | 17 | 7 | 947 | 16 | 1 |
| 64,438 | 3 | 4 | 62,981 | 11 | 0 | |
The Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
During the year a very large amount of work has been
done under this Act, full details of which will be found in
the Report of the Medical Officer of Health, but the following
brief summary may be of interest : —
11,046 visits and inspections were made; 1,203 notices
for the abatement of nuisances served; 39 cases occurred
where proceedings were necessary; in every instance orders