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Fulham 1891

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]

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GENERAL RATE.

Estimate. Half-year to 29th September, 1891.Estimate. Half-year to 25th March, 1892.
£s.d.£s.d.
Finance Committee Expenditure, viz.:—
Repayment of Loans and Interest Provide for Town Hall, over-drawn balance513100560000
(£5000) say for each half-year5000050000
Establishment 2/3 expenses1223100114000
Liabilities on last rate (miscellaneous)6871262951126
Sanitary Committee Expenditure, viz.:—
Adulteration of Foods Acts, sundry expenses500500
Salary of Analyst3710037100
Works Committee Expenditure, viz.:—
Wages, &c.:—
Chief Out-door Assistant, &c.60008500
56 Scavengers and Ganger, average £60 per week (say)152500156000
18 Spreaders and Ganger, average £27 per week (say)5850070200
10 Bricklayers, Masons and Laborers, &c., average £16 per week (say)3000041600
1 Depot man and 3 Watchmen, average £5 per week (say)1000013000
3 men, Dust and Slop Shoot, &c., average £5 per week (say)750013000
Engine Driver and 2 Followers, and Engineer at wharf, average £6 per week9710015600
Pecking and Barge Gangs (4 men), average £5 per week1300013000
Materials:—
Guernsey Granite, 800 and 1000-yds. at 14s. 3d. per yd. (say)068150712100
Kentish Flints 250-yds. at 4s. 5d. per yd.55005500
Hoggin, Core, Sand, Gravel, Ballast, Siftings, &c. (various)50002500
Wood Paving, York Stone, Kerbing, Channelling, &c., Materials2250025000
Wharf, Rates, Taxes, Water and Sundry Expenses75005000
Hammersmith Road, "General" part of maintenance2282922829
Permanent Improvement Works2000020000
Steam Roller, Repairs, Fuel, &c.25005000 A
Trees, Guards, &c.Nil500
Street Name Plates, &c500500
Incidental Works12100Nil

LIGHTING RATE.
Hammersmith Vestry for Lighting, Repairing, Maintaining, &c., as per
Metropolitan Board's Order, the 9 Lamps situate in that portion of the
Hammersmith Road in Fulham Parish, at £2 each; Gas, £10 2s. 6d.,
Lighting £4 10s., Maintenance, £1 2s. 6d., Columns £1 2s. 6d., Sundries
£1 2s. 6d.
Gas Light and Coke Company for the estimated cost of 1250 ordinary
5-ft. Lamps, at 3750 hours each per annum; for the estimated cost of
25 large (average 25-ft.) Lamps on refuges, at 3750 hours each per annum;
and for lighting all Lamps.
Ungar and Co., for cost of (say) 30 removals of small Lamps at 10s. each,
and for fixing complete (say) 30 new Columns at 15s. each, and for general
maintenance of all the Lamps:—
Miscellaneous, viz.:—Lamp Columns, Heads, &c., Meters, Posts, Tools
and Sundries:—
d.
Estimate.
Half-year to 29th
September, 1891.
Estimate.
Half-Year to 25th
March, 1892.
£
s.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
Cost of Gas, at 2s. 2d. per 1000
ft. (say 10,000,000 ft. first halfyear,
and 16.000,000 ft. second
half-year), inclusive †
10
2
6
1406
12
6
1716
13
4
Cost of Lighting 1250, at 15s., and
25 at 20s. each per annum †
4
10
0
490
15
0
490
15
0
Cost of Maintenance, 25 at 4s. 9d.,
and 1250 at 2s. 11d. per
annum †
1
2
6
95
4
10
95
4
9
Rent of Columns and Meters, 16
Meters=74s., and 18 Columns=
90s. per annum †
1
2
6
5
4
6
5
4
6
Fixing New Lamps £22 10s., and
Removals £15
31
5
0
37
10
0
Miscellaneous for Lamp Columns, &c.
300
18
2
54
12
5
A Lighting Rate for the half-year of
£2330
0
0
£2400
0
0
ASSESSMENT, 1991—92.
General Rate £426,551. 1d. in £ produces £1,777 5s. 11d. gross.
Sewers Rate £424,446. 1d. in £ produces £1,768 10s. 6d. „