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Health of the District for the year ended 31st December,
1891, on the sanitary condition of the District.
The Board also submit the Report of their Surveyor for
the year ended 25th March, 1892, on the various works
relating to the Highways, Lighting, Watering, Sewerage,
Street Improvements, and other Works projected and
carried out during the year, showing the extent of those
works, and affording general information with reference to
the same; and also with reference to the applications or
notices as to House Building, Drainage, New Sewers, New
Streets, and all other works.
Expenditure.
The Local Expenditure of the Board in the year shows
a decrease from that of the previous year, notwithstanding
the increased mileage of the roads to be repaired, lighted,
and watered, and the other increased, and continually increasing,
responsibilities of the Board.
The sum raised by way of Precept in Lewisham was
£39,500, or equivalent to a rate of 1s. 7d. in the pound on
the Rateable Value in force at the commencement of the
year. In Penge the sum raised in the same way was
£11,500, or equivalent to Is. 6¾d. in the pound.
Rateable Value.
The Rateable Value of the District, at March, 1892,
was—
Lewisham £487,355
Penge 148,799
£636,154
The sum raised under the Precept of the School Board
for London, and paid over to that body, was £29,027 13s. £d.
Loans.
The total indebtedness of the Board on the Loan account
at the 25th March, 1892, was £58,920 5s. 0d.
During the year the Board paid the sum of £5,809