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Lewisham 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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General Summary ot the foregoing Receipts, exclusive of New Streets
| LEWISHAM. | PENGE. | TOTAL. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898. March 25. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s.??? |
| Cash Balance | ... ... | ... ... | 9,746 | 10??? | ||||
| Local Guardians and Overseers in payment of Precepts for this Board's Expenditure | 52,000 | 0 | 0 | 13,000 | 0 | 0 | 65,000 | 0??? |
| Keep of Surveyor's horse | 50 | 0 | 0 | ... ... | 50 | 0 | ||
| Watering and repairing Boundary Roads, repairing roadway over County Bridges and Catford and Ladywell Bridges, and reinstating Roads and Footpaths broken open for various purposes | 1,009 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 1,024 | 3??? |
| Deptford Burial Board for half cost of removal of standpost | 2 | 10 | 0 | ... ... | 2 | 10??? | ||
| Paving Standing for Horse | 6 | 0 | 0 | ... ... | 6 | 0??? | ||
| Repairing Gullies | 5 | 0 | 0 | ... ... | 5 | 0??? | ||
| Contribution to cost of paving footpath in Stanstead-road | 20 | 0 | 0 | ... ... | 20 | 0??? | ||
| Sale of Old Iron and Water Cart | 13 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2??? |
| Fees for Hoard Licenses | 38 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 50 | 13??? |
| Hire of Steam Road Roller | 10 | 5 | 0 | ... ... | 10 | 5??? | ||
| Recreation Grounds -Proportion of Receipts | 1 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 10??? | |
| Public Health (London) Act, 1891—ditto Establishment Account —ditto | 384 1,144 | 10 19 | 10 7 | 104 310 | 9 11 | 10 10 | 489 1,455 | 0??? 11??? |
| Equalisation of Rates—Proportion of Grant | 4,298 | 2 | 11 | 1,003 | 1 | 3 | 5,301 | 4??? |
| Lighting Sydenham Hill —Moiety of cost | 43 | 5 | 6 | 43 | 5??? | |||
| Frontage Drains, &c | 1,573 | 7 | 1 | 126 | 1 | 4 | 1,699 | 8??? |
| Private Works | 70 | 9 | 2 | 70 | 9??? | |||
| Street Ropairs, M.M.A. Act, 1890 | 127 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 137 | 4??? |
| Sewerage Works-Contributions from owners | 1,109 | 15 | 9 | ... ... | 1,109 | 15??? | ||
| SydenhamWells Park—Loan from London County Council | ... ... | ... ... | 3,500 | 0??? | ||||
| 61,908 | 6 | 1 | 14,682 | 16 | 6 | 89,737 | 13??? | |
| Local Guardians and Overseers, for School Board for London | 28,502 | 18 | 6 | 7,834 | 13 | 4 | 36,337 | 11??? |
| £90,411 | 4 | 7 | £22,417 | 9 | 10 | |||
| £126,076 | 6??? | |||||||
???.—The Establishment Receipts and Expenses of the Board are, in the first instance, apportioned between
???of Lewisham and Hamlet of Penge, on the basis of rateable value, and such receipts and expenses are
???ortioned between the several rate-purposes in the Parish and Hamlet respectively, in proportion to the
???d expenditure for the year on each.
???Rateable Value adopted as the basis of apportionment is the same as that adopted by the London County
???incil, viz: —
Parish of Lewisham £56f,617
Hamlet of Penge 152,283
£712,900