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The Board of Works for the Lewisham District.
REPORT.
For the Year ended the 25th March, 1886.
The Board submit herewith:—
A statement of their Receipts and Expenditure during
the year ended 25th March, 1886, 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 1883-4, 1884-5, and 1885-6.
A table of Loans from the 1st January, 1856, to the
25th March, 1886.
A statement of the contracts entered into by the Board
during the year ended 25th March, 1886.
The Board also submit the Report of their Medical
Officer of Health, for the year ended 31st December, 1885,
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, 1886, 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
£5,429 in reduction of the mortgages owing by them.
They have also raised during the same period the sum
£2,200 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; the final
instalments in respect of these loans will be paid in January,
1887.
THE BOARD'S HOSPITAL.
This Establishment—for the isolation of infectious diseases—has
been maintained throughout the year in a thorough