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Lambeth 1888

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]

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Table: GENERAL PURPOSES ACCOUNT, 1888-9.

GENERAL PURPOSES ACCOUNT, 1888-9.

£s.d.£s.d.
Dust Removal:—£s.d.Balance from 1887-89,609145
Paid to Contractors4,04000
Foremen's Wages, Out-Wards22100Precept on Overseers72,00000
Dust Bins360Interest on Current Account with L. & W. Bank4341710
„ Pails216134Received from Overseers for Summonses and Warrants339122
Work done by Wharf Staff5,24500
9,725194Trustees, Pedlar's Acre Estate, Rents for Year ending Easter, 18881,208180
Slopping and Cleansing:—Received from Gas, Water and Telegraph Companies for reinstating after trenches2,42356
Paid to Contractors1,43000
Hire of Slop Carts and Teams1,416121Received from Lambeth Guardians for Tar Paving Work6801810
Rubbish Shoots17160
Brooms23986Received for Private Works14256
Labour8,28711„ Scaffold and Hoarding Licenses, £158 14 6, less returns, £27 13 1013108
Work done by Wharf Staff5,48000
17,02478Summonses, &c. repaid6106
Road Watering:-Received for Road Sweepings770
Paid to Water Companies2,182175„ Deposit on Tender2000
Improvement at Gipsy Hill, received from County Council75000
Hire of Working Vans and Carts and Working Vestry Water Vans2,263107Due from Overseers, Surplus on Rates3,70000
Work done by Wharf Staff99300
5,43980
Repairing and Maintaining Roads and Footpaths:—
Materials15,614710
Cartage of Materials87229
Ditto by Wharf Staff1,442162
Horse Rollers4794
Steam Rollers, Repairs and Fuel96610
Depots—Rents and Gas17808
„ Paid for Land at Landor Road1,20000
„ Stamps to conveyance on above600
Plumber's Work5401
Smith's Work and Tools41082
Carried forward£19,92171032,189150Carried forward£91,454105