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Lewisham 1887

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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The detailed Particulars of the Receipts and Expenditure of the board for the year ended 25th March, 1888, referred to in the foregoing Account, in Abstract.

1887. RECEIPTS.£s.d.£s.d.£sd.Lewisham Payments
March 25. Cash balance in the hands of the treasurer (Current Account)2,067189General Purposes Account-£s.d.£.s.d£.s.d.
Ditto ditto Cashier46462High ways, Maintenance, &c. Materials4,715912,532411
Ditto ditto Treasurers (New Streets)875178Labourers and carmon6,17661
LEWISHAM.3,40827Cartage (Hired Horses, &c.)1,648185
General Purposes Account—board a Horses, maintenance of620410
From the Local Guardians, in payment of precepts for this Board's General Expenditure27,43600Steam Road Roller385610
Tar Paving and sundry other Paving Works242172
Sale of Manure, &c., and Old Horses9886Repairs to Carts, Sweeping Machines, Snow Ploughs, Tools, and New Tools, Brooms, &c.578163
Sale of Dust3886
Hoard Licenses1119Rent and repair of Wharf10280
Proportion of Receipts on Sydenham Recreation Ground Account1410Repair and maintenance of Boundary Roads Gullies, Carriage of Goods, and sundry Jobbing2191810
Proportion of Receipts on Establishment Account (see Account annexed)30337Works, &c21183
Trees, and planting and staking same4275
Metropolitan Board of Works (Loans)1,36600Fencing at Southend pond and completing Improvement there921511
Metropolitan Board of Works — Contributions to Local Improvements28500
Messrs. Clayton, Son, and Fargus, ditto Blythe Vale Improvement1200015,036171
Instalments and Interest on Loans5,02225
Sundry New Streets (for hire of Tools, Plant, &c)8849Rents, Rates, and Taxes (DepAts)75178
Sundry Receipts for Watering and Repairing Boundary Roads, Repairing County Bridge Roads and reinstating Roads and Footpaths broken up by Gas and Water Companies, &c.587810Vestry Expenses (vix., sums paid by the Board on request of the Vestry of Lewiaham)13059
Proportion of Expenses on Sydenham Recreation Ground Account31044
I)o.on Establishment Account (see Account annexed)3,328111
30,334109Repairs to DepAt, lower Sydenham; Stoneyard, Forest Hill; Catfonl Depot, and Cart-sheds ...1803
From the Local Guardians in payment of the Precept of the School Board for London15,943170
Expenses of Dust Collecting2,115109
46,27879Ditto Watering3,272168
Sundry Improvements657711
Cools, Gas, and Water (Depots)1752
Sundry New Streets for Tools, Plant, Materials, &c.15319
30,137118
Lighting Account—The School Hoard for London, under their Precept for Exnenses charired on the Parish of Lewisham15,943170
From the local guardians in payment of precept5,4600046,08188
Lighting Account—
Camberwell vestry (moiety of cost of lighting Sydenham hill)441211The Crytal Palace District gas Company for Gas for Street Lighting2,45468
Proportion of receipt on establishment Account (see account annexed)59172The south metropolitan gas company ditto ditto2,443178
Lighting Sydenham Hill (Boundary Road)89174
5,564101Sugg, W., new Lamps and Burners68152
Sewerage Purposes Account—5,0561610
Proportion of Expenses on Establishment Account (See account annexed)67088
From the local guardians in payment of precept2,604005,72756
Sewerage Purposes Account—
Metropolitan board of works (Loan)26000instalment and intrest on loans, and income tax1,270106
For Frontage Drains ,&c.- sundry receipt from Owners of property to be drained,&c.34510Sewers Cleansing and Repairs, Expenses of1,30912
Cleansing and Maintaining 1 rinals29148
portion of Receipts on Establishment Account (see Account annexed)31111Surface draining works26900
Metropolitan Hoard of Works, Costs of Mortgage3110
3,240011Frontage Drains constructed at expense of Owners of property drained31125
Sewers constructions (Loan Accounts—Proportion of Expenses on Establishment Account (See account annexed)380194
From metropolitan board of Works1,025003,573191
Sewers Construction (Loan Account,)-
Manholes to sewers312169
Flushing tanks524135
Ventilations600
Ventilating shaft, lvy lane32180
Metropolitan board of Works Costs of Mortgage370
Sundry other works74160
Carried forward£56,108093,40827954112
Carried forward£56,33745