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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
Mile End 1866
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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Abstract of Sewers Account.
For the Year ending 25th March, 1866.
| Receipts. | £ | s. | d. | Expenditure. | £ | s. | d. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount received from Overseers on account of Calls including Calls of Metropolitan the Board of Works for the Main Drainage Rate, and for the ordinary expenses of that Board | 6909 | 1 | 5 | Constructing Sewers | 965 | 17 | 8 |
| Cleansing same | 197 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Public Conveniences | 9 | 15 | 8 | ||||
| Metropolitan Board of Works for Main Drainage Rate | 2388 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Amount received from Overseers, being the amount collected by them up to 25th March, 1865, in excess of the amount of the Precepts issued to them | 361 | 11 | 7 | ||||
| Metropolitan Board of Works for their ordinary expenses | 1875 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Salaries (proportion charged to Sewers Account) | 487 | 16 | 6 | ||||
| Ditto, ditto, on account of Main Drain-age Rate | 589 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Miscellaneous Accounts | 17 | 12 | 3 | ||||
| Amounts received from Miss Gaseltine, on account of expenses incurred by the Vestry, in draining the Houses, Nos. 2, 3, 4, Laura Place, into the Sewer | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Petty Cash Disbursements (proportion charged to Sewers account) | 78 | 8 | 10 | ||||
| Balance of Receipts over Expenditure | 1972 | 8 | 7 | ||||
| Amount of Penalties received from the Police Court | 12 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Amount of Interest on account at London and Westminster Bank | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Amounts received from various persons for breaking up roads, after deducting the sums returned or to be returned | 81 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| £7993 | 0 | 6 | £7993 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Balance in hand at Audit, 1865 | 981 | 6 | 3¼ | ||||
| Add excess of Receipts over Expenditure | 1972 | 8 | 7 | ||||
| Balance to credit of Sewers Account | £2953 | 14 | 10¼ |