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The Board of Works for the Lewisham District.
REPORT.
For the Year ended the 25 th March, 1885.
The Board submit herewith:—
A statement of their Receipts and Expenditure during
the year ended 25th March, 1885, and of their Assets and
Liabilities on that day, with detailed particulars and
summary statements of the same.
A statement of comparison of Expenditure between the
years 1882-3, 1883-4, and 1884-5.
A table of Loans from the 1st January, 1856, to the
25th March, 1885.
A statement of the contracts entered into by the Board
during the year ended 25th March, 1885.
The Board also submit the Report of their Medical
Officer of Health, for the year ended 31st December, 1884,
containing particulars of the population, rate of mortality,
and other statistics relating to the general health of the
District; and the Report of the Board's Surveyor for the
year ended Lady-day, 1885, in which will be found the
particulars of the works carried out under his supervision.
During the year the Board have paid the sum of
£5,433 16s. 8d. in reduction of the mortgages owing by
them. They have also raised during the same period the
sum of £2,150 for new permanent works and improvements
in the District. The Board are glad to report that
the Loans which in past years were raised at 5 per cent,
interest have now all been paid off, with the exception of
two which have but two more years to run.
The balances in respect of two mortgages have been
paid off and discharged during the year, viz., one, No. 10,
for £4,000, raised in 1864 at £5 per cent, per annum, and