Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]
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No. 1.
BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE LIMEHOUSE DISTRICT.
Comprising the Parish of Limehouse, the Hamlet Ratcliff, and the Parishes of Shadwell and Wapping.
Revenue and Outlay from Lady, 1869, to Lady-day, 1870.
REVENUE.
OUTLAY.
£
s.
£
s.
d.
Balance brought-forward
51
6
I
Balance due to Treasurer at Lady-day, 1809
259
3
7
Ditto at Deposit
500
0
0
Charges for Paving
1,547
11
11
551
0
Lighting
3,340
12
7
To Cash of Overseers of Parishes in the District upon Orders
of Contribution, viz:—
Cleansing and Watering
3,227
10
10
Stone and Materials
442
14
7
General Purposes
13,500
0
0
Urinals
28
10
9
Sewerage ditto
1,990
0
0
Charges on General Rates —
15,490
0
Interest
1,197
0
7
„ Ditto to meet Precept of Metropolitan Board
1,730
13
Principal repaid
2,630
0
0
,, Ditto Reinstatements of Paving and Contributions
485
16
3,827
0
7
,, Ditto Contributions to Sewers
25
18
„ Improvements—Limehouse
4
5
0
„ Ditto Rents, Sundries, Ac.
77
14
Shadwell
394
11
0
,, Ditto from Improvement Loan Account (Wapping)
55
15
Wapping
19
10
2
„ Ditto of Metropolitan Board of Works towards Shadwell (New
Crane) Improvement
4.521
11
418
6
8
„ Common Charges and Sundries
1,143
4
2
„ Compensations
136
16
2
0
„ Rent,—Shadwell Stone Yard
12
0
,, Parliamentary proceedings
120
0
0
„ Expenditure on Sewers Account
3,658
7
11
Balance in Treasurer's hands
4,218
9
6
Ditto Clerk's
26
0
9
Ditto Surveyor's
32
5
10
4,276
16
1
£222,938
15
Ditto at Deposit (Wapping)
500
0
0
£22,938
15
10
We hereby certify that we have examined and allowed the Accounts, of which this
Account is an abstract.
Dated this 21st day of July, 1870.
Edward Richardson,
Geo. Batts, Auditors.
David Milne,