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5
THE BOARD OF WORKS
FOR THE
FULHAM DISTRICT.
TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT.
Twelfth Annual Report, presented pursuant to 198 sec. of the
Metropolitan Local Management Act, 1855.
The Board of Works for the Fulham District, in reporting to
heir constituents, solicit attention to the following documents herewith
presented. An Abstract of the several contracts entered into
by the Board; an abstract of assets and liabilities, and an abstract of
receipts and expenditure for the year ending 25th March, 1868.
They also publish the excellent report of their Medical Officer of
Health, in which the sanitary affairs of the district are fully dealt
with.
The Board has caused to be removed nuisance cases as follows:—
Privies and cesspools 246
Drains and gullies cleansed and repaired 674
Houses do do do 281
Swine nuisances removed 299
Miscellaneous 78
Total £1,578
Houses benefited in Fulham 782
Houses „ Hammersmith 745
Total £1,527
The Board has during the past year negotiated a loan of £13,830
with the Imperial Life Assurance Company, for the purchase of the
wharf, and for the completion of certain works of paving and sewering;
an abstract of the mortgages therein are herewith presented.