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Fulham 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT.
As previously stated this account was opened in 1888, with a view of
providing for small items of improvement works of a permanent nature,
instead of carrying them to a Loan Schedule Account to be charged to
future rates.
LOANS.
The total amount due on Mortgages, as per Register, at 25th March, 1891, was £80,718 18s. 8d., while at 25th March, 1892, it stands at £83,780 8s. 0d. (about eighteeen per centage of the rateable value). The following statement will show the operations during the past year:—
| Amount borrowed. | Amount paid off. | Amount outstanding 25th Mar., 1892. | Remarks. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| General Rate | 88,982 | 0 | 0 | 21,651 | 6 | 8 | 67,330 | 13 | 4 | ||||||
| Do. Amount borrowed during 1891-92 | 12,300 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Do. Amount paid off during 1891-92 | 7,980 | 13 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Do. Amount of Increase during 1891-92 | 4,313 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 71,644 | 0 | 0 | 4,313 | 6 | 8 | |||||||||
| Sewer Rate | 19,132 | 12 | 0 | 5,744 | 6 | 8 | 13,388 | 5 | 4 | ||||||
| Do. Amount borrowed during 1891-92 | |||||||||||||||
| Do. Amount paid off during 1891-92. | 1,251 | 17 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Do. Amount Decrease during 1891-92 | 1,251 | 17 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 1,251 | 17 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Total | 12,136 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Totals 25th March, 1892 | 120,414 | 12 | 0 | 36,634 | 4 | 0 | 83,780 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| The net increase on the Loan accounts for 1891-92 amounts to | £3,061 | 9s. | 4d. | ||||||||||||
CONTRIBUTIONS TO LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS.
The only items under this heading received by the Vestry during the
past year, are on account of making a roadway between May Street and
Vereker Road, and the widening of Fulham Palace Road by Sussex House,
and are as follows:— £ s. d.
London County Council 216 13 4
Hudson Matthews and Co.150 0 0
H. Smallman (Sussex House) 62 7 7
LOAN SCHEDULE.
During the past year application for a Loan for numerous permanent
works, as per the Schedule annexed, was made to the London County
Council, but on 25th March, 1892, no loan had been obtained or sanctioned.