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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

Bethnal Green 1878

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]

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The Vestry of the Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green. in the County of Middlesex.
Abstract and Summary of Accounts from the 25th day of March, 1878, to the 25th day of March, 1879.

Table: GENERAL RATE.

GENERAL RATE.

RECEIPTS.PAYMENTS.
£s.d.£s.d.
Balance in hand at Lady-day, 187826501911Interest on Mortgages by late Paying Commissioners447103
Amount paid into Bank subsequently to Lady-day, 1878, of Rate made at Christmas, 1877156622Collectors' Poundage646142
Compensation Annuity to Collector of the late Paving Commission29100
Amount of Rate at 7d. in the £, made at Lady-day, 1878, and Arrears of former Rate collected at Midsummer809067Roads—Labour, Carting, Granite, Hard Core, Implements, &c498510
Scavenging650597
Paving Repairs and Alterations55785
Amount of Rate at 7d. in the £, made at Midsummer, 1878, and Arrears of former Rate collected at Michaelmas8117106Lighting3980172
Incidentals—Repairs to Hall and Offices, Vestry Election Expenses, Coal, Name Plates, and Petty Disbursements354194
Amount of Rate at 7d. in the £, made at Michaelmas, 1878, and Arrears of former Rate collected at Christmas8125141
Watering—Repairs to Stand Posts, &c., and for Water340173
One Year's Rent of Wharf, less Tax29100
Balance of Principal of a Mortgage for £3000 granted by late Paving Commissioners50000
Amount of Rate at 7d. in the £, made at Christmas, 1878, and Arrears of former Rate collected and paid into the Bank on the 25th March, 1879670600
Nuisances—Disinfectants, Bedding, Removing Dead Bodies, Returns, &c45814
School Board for London687217
Scavenging Fines42150Mortuary—Proctors on account, and Photographer20376