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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 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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General Purposes Account—
| Receipts. | £ | s. | d. | Expenditure, | fo. ref. | £ | s. | d. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 55.402 | 3 | 9 | Brought forward | 38,526 | 5 | ||
| JJy sundries— | ||||||||
| Sacks, canvas, rope, scale weights | ||||||||
| cart grease and rock salt | 243 | 16 | 15 | 5 | ||||
| Taxes— | ||||||||
| Riga Wharf | 234 | 4 | 13 | 9 | ||||
| Vestry Hall | 234 | 3 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Mile End Dust Wharf | 235 | 3 | 11 | 6 | ||||
| Stables | 234 | 3 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Timber— | ||||||||
| Carts and vans | 231 | 72 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Mile End Dust Wharf | 2 31 | 8 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Shoot, Carpenters' Road | 231 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Tools and implements— | ||||||||
| Brooms, (scavengers') | 15 | 74 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Ironmongery tools, shovels, scoops, forks, masons' and cart tools, &c. | ||||||||
| 114 | 43 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| Sieves | 17 | 29 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Baskets | 17 | 27 | 0 | |||||
| Barrows | 17 | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Buckets and pails | 243 | 1 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| - | Ladders | 16 | 1 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Brushes | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Tyreing and new wheels | 22 | 98 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Unions, stand pipes, &c. | 106 | 6 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Veterinary and shoeing | 241 | 143 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Votes of thanks engrossed | 171 | 10 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Water— | ||||||||
| Roads | 236 | 345 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Recreation Grounds | 237 | 18 | 6 | 3 | ||||
| - | Stables | 238 | 10 | 18 | 0 | |||
| Mile End Dust Wharf | 238 | 6 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| Riga Wharf | 238 | 4 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Vestry Hall | 237 | 3 | 10 | 6 | ||||
| * | Water Van Distributors | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wages— | ||||||||
| Roads | 185 | 3722 | 11 | 1 | ||||
| Scavenging | 183 | 1548 | 9 | 5 | ||||
| Sifting | 185 | 1084 | 3 | 10 | ||||
| Slopping | 183 | 1051 | 16 | 4 | ||||
| Dusting | 183 | 826 | 18 | 7 | ||||
| Establishment | 185 | 298 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| Disinfecting | 189 | 124 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Carried forward | £55,402 | 3 | 9 | £48,133 | 11 | 0 | ||
We have examined the foregoing Acconnt with the Books and Vouchers and find the same to be correct.
We have verified the balance shown to be at the Bank on the 2-^ March, 1890.
(Signed) Wilde & Venables,
Chartered Accountants
21 st May, 1890. 69, Moorgate Street.
Audited, found correct, and allowed, these 22nd and 23rd days of May 1800.
Signed
james francis haines.
j. p. lash.
w. s. colley,
Auditors.