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Limehouse 1869
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]
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BRICK SEWERS.
188 feet of 24 inch, in Little Hermitage Street, Wapping.
The Sewers in Oak Lane, Limehouse; Commercial Road, near Belgrave
Street; and near York Street West, Rateliff; New Crane, Shadwell; Upper
Gun Alley, Wapping Old Stairs ; and Pareons Street, Wapping, have been
repaired.
One ventilator has been constructed, and one ventilator grate fixed. One
man-hole and ventilator raised.
Nine new Flushing Boxes have been fixed, and three altered.
Twenty-nine new Gullies have been constructed.
Thirty-five new grates have been fixed to old Gullies.
Seven hundred and eighty-four feet of 12 inch pipe, sixty-eight of 9 inch,
and four hundred and fifty-five of G inch drains have been laid for Gullies.
Sixty-three Gullies have been altered and trapped.
The following Sewers have been cleansed by the Contractor of the Board,
viz.:—
1G8 feet of 2 ft. 6 in. by 4 ft. Brick Sewers.
110 „ 1 ft. 3 in. by 1 ft. 3 in. do.
4G6 „ 24 inch do.
2G0 „ 18 inch do.
Fifteen thousand six hundred feet of Brick Sewers, and seventeen thousand
two hundred and twenty feet of Pipe Sewers have been flushed by the men
employed by the Board.
During the hot weather the water, &c., in the Limehouse Cut Dock has
been frequently deodorized with lime, and all the Gullies in the District with
chloride of zinc.
HOUSE DRAINAGE.
54 applications have been received for permission to construct new drains
to premises, and 17 applications have been received for cleansing old drains.
No. 15.
RETURN OF MONE
| No. | Date of Mfortgage. | Amount. | Rate of Interest. | Secured on. | for what purpose Bforrowed. | From whom Bforrowed. | Ffor what Term. | Repayments. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1857, January 7 | £400 | £5 | Wapping General Rate | for Improvements at Wapping. | R. Stephenson. | Three Years. | The whole. £400. |
| 2 | 1857, January 7 | £400 | £5 | Ditto. | Ditto. | W. Maud. | Ditto. | The whole. £400. |
| 3 | 1857, January 7 | £400 | £5 | Ditto. | Ditto. | W. Walton. | Ditto. | None. |
| 4 | 1857, September 2 | £300 | £5 | Ditto. | Ditto. | R. Stephenson. | Ditto. | The whole. £300. |
| 5 | 1858, September 29 | £1,800 | £4½ | Limehouse General Rate. | for Paving Wforks in Limeh use. | Thos. Dinmfore. | Fifteen Years, to be repaid by fifteen equal annual instalments | £1,320. |
| 6, 7 & 8 9 | 1858, October 27 1859, September 21 | £3,000 £5,000 | £4½ £4 | Limehouse SewerRate Limehouse General Rate. | for Sewers Wfork in Limehouse. for Paving Wforks in Limehouse. | General Annuity Endowment Association (now Sovereign Life Association.) British Empire Life Assurance Company. | Twenty Years, to be repaid by twenty equal annual instalments. Fifteen Years, to be repaid by fifteen equal annual instalments. | £1,650. £3,333 6 8 |
| 10 | 1860, September 5 | £5,000 | £4½ | Ditto. | Ditto. | Ditto. | Ditto. | £3,000 |
| 11 | 1862, July 23 | £7,000 | £4½ | General Rates of the Limehouse District | dfor Board's new Offices. | Ditto. | Twenty Years, to be repaid by twenty equal annual instalments. | £2,450 |
| 12 | 1867, March 27 | £G,000 | £5 | Wapping General Rate | Ffor Improvements at Wapping. | London Life Association. | Twenty-five Years, to be repaid by twenty-five equal annual instalments | £720. |
| 13 | 1867, October 16 | £3,000 | £5 | Limehouse General Rates | Ffor Improvements in Limehouse. | Ditto. | Twenty Years, to be repaid by twenty equal annual instalments. | £300 |
| 14 | 18G7, October 16 | £5,500 | £5 | Shad well General Rates. | Ffor Improvement in Shadwell. | Ditto. | Twenty-five Years, to be repaid by twenty-five equal annual instalments | £440 |
| £37,800 | £14,313 6 8 |