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The Board of works for the Lewisham District.
REPORT
For the year ended 25th March, i887.
The Boarrl submit herewith :—
A statement of their Receipts and Expenditure during
the year ended 25th March, 1887, 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 1884-5, 1885-0, and 1886-7.
A table of Loans from the 1st January, 1856, to the
25th March, 1887.
A statement of the contracts entered into by the Board
during the year ended 25th March, 1887.
The Board also submit the Report of their Medical
Officer of Health, for the year ended 31st December, 1886,
containing particulars of the population, rate of mortality,
and other statistics relating to the general health of the
District; and the Report of their Surveyor for the year
ended Lady-day, 1887, in which will be found the particulars
of the works carried out under his supervision.
LOANS.
During the year the Board paid the sum of £5,685
in reduction of the mortgages owing by them, and they
raised during the year the sum of £3,200 for new permanent
works and improvements in the District. The Loans
which weie raised at £5 per cent, interest have now all been
paid off the last instalments having been paid in January.
THE BOARD'S HOSPITAL.
This Establishment— for the isolation of infectious diseases—
has been maintained throughout the year in a thorough