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The total amount borrowed by the Board up to
the end of 1896 (exclusive of the sum raised
for consolidation of loans) was £241,207
The amount outstanding at Lady-day, 1896, was 75,764
Showing a total payment off the Loan Debt to
that date of £165,443
The Board submit the foregoing information believing
it will be of considerable interest to the ratepayers of the
District, and that it is worthy of a place in this Report,
forming as it does a continuation of similar records given,
with the necessary changes, in the reports of previous years.
The sum outstanding at Lady-day, 1899, under each
rate of interest was as follows:—
4½
39/10
33/4
3½
3
27/8
Total.
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
1717
5580
2100
44,602
2021
27,633
83,653
PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891, AND
SANITARY WORK.
General.
During the year 5,668 houses and premises were visited
and inspected, 2,015 written intimations of nuisances, &c.,
were served, and 1,813 orders issued for Sanitary amendments
of houses, premises, &c., between 31st December, 1897,
and 31st December, 1898.
In most cases the first notices served were attended to,
and it was not necessary, except in a few instances, to resort
to legal proceedings.
Table VII in the Medical Officer's Report shows the