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Limehouse 1858
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]
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No. 5.
PARISH OF LIMEHOUSE.—SEWERS ACCOUNT.
Revenue and Outlay from Lady-day. 1858, to Lady-day , 1859.
| OUTLAY. | REVENUE. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d | £ | s. | d. | ||
| By Balance brought forward | 55 | 10 | 2½ | To Cash of overseers upon orders of contribution | 770 | 6 | 6 |
| „ Cash to Metropolitan Board of Works | 270 | 6 | 6 | „ Ditto ditto, excess of sewer rate | 139 | 13 | 5 |
| „ New Sewers | 100 | 18 | 4 | „ Ditto contributions to sowers | 82 | 11 | 0 |
| „ Sewers construction | 140 | 16 | 1½ | „ Interest on Deposit Account | 1 | 15 | 8 |
| „ Openings | 10 | 4 | 0 | „ Limehouse Fields special sewers; amount debited to Limehouse last year, now charged to special sewers Account | 200 | 0 | 0 |
| „ Repairs | 7 | 6 | 6½ | ||||
| „ Cleansing, and cleansing cesspools | 3 | 14 | 1 | ||||
| „ Incidental works | 23 | 15 | 8 | ||||
| „ Improvement works | 54 | 12 | 8½ | ||||
| „ Flushing and gullies | 72 | 17 | 10 | ||||
| „ Carting deposit | 10 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| „ Establishment charges | 210 | 17 | 1½ | ||||
| „ Interest on charges on rates | 16 | 7 | 11 | ||||
| „ Law charges (Loan) | 65 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| „ Limehouse Fields special sewers, amount received from Regent's Canal Company, and credited to Limehouse last year | 150 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| „ balance in favour of the parish | 1 | 14 | 0¾ | ||||
| £1,19-1 | 6 | 7 | £1,194 | 6 | 7 | ||
| LOAN ACCOUNT. | |||||||
| £ | s. | d. | - | £ | s. | d. | |
| To Amount expended in construction of new sewers, Lime- house Fields | 1,272 | 0 | 0 | To Amount borrowed from General Annuity Endowment Association | 3,000 | 0 | 0 |
| „ Balance unexpended at Lady-day | 1,728 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| £3,000 | 0 | 0 | £3,000 | 0 | 0 | ||
We hereby certify that we have examined and allowed the accounts of which
this account is an abstract.
Dated this 15th day of July, 1859.
G. L. Mustoph,
JonN II. K. Bond,
Auditors.