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Lewisham 1877
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]
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No. 17.
to the
BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE LIMEHOUSE
DISTRICT.
Department of Works,
Offices,
White Horse Street,
Commercial Road East.
Gentlemen,
I beg to submit to you my Report upon the Works executed
in the District from Lady-day, 1877, to Lady-day, 1878.
sewers.
New Sewers have been constructed of the following lengths
and sizes, viz. :—
PIPE SEWERS.
Brunton Place, Limehouse— 9in. 173ft.; 6in. 5ft.
George Street, Ratcliff—12in. 350ft.; 9in. 6ft.; 6in. 176ft.
Tunnel Pier, Wapping— Gin. 36ft.
Brewhouse Lane, Wapping—12in. 503ft.; 6in. 38ft.
About 13,000 feet of Brick Sewers, and 28,000 feet of small
Brick and Pipe Sewers have been flushed by the men employed by
the Board.
2 Gully Pans have been fixed.
No. 15.
| No. | Date of Mortgage. | Amount. | Rate of Interest | Secured on. | For what purpose Borrowed. | From whom Borrowed. | For what Term. | Repayments. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | £37,800 | £3 17/6 | General Rates. | For Improvements in Limehouse. | Metropolitan Board of Works. | £27,740 | 0 | 0 | ||
| £7,250 | £6,749 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| (By Contribution from Metropolitan Board.) | ||||||||||
| 16 | 1872, July 24 | £18,000 | £4 10/ | Ditto. | For Paving the Commercial Road, the East India Dock Road, and the West India Dock Road. | London Life Association. | Twenty Years, payable by twenty equal annual instalments. | £4,500 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 1872, August 10 | £4,000 | £3 17/6 | Ditto. | For Improvements in Sun Tavern Gap, Shadwell. | Metropolitan Board of Works. | Fifty-seven Years, to be repaid as follows : £50 on 1st Oct., 1879; £79 on 1st Oct. in 50 succeeding Years. | The whole. | ||
| £4,000 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| (By Contribution from Metropolitan Board.) | ||||||||||
| 18 | 1873, January 20 | £2,000 | £3 17/6 | Ditto. | Ditto. | Ditto. | Fifty-seven Years, to be repaid as follows: £50 on 1st Oct., 1879; £39 on 1st Oct. in 50 succeeding Years. | The whole. | ||
| £2,000 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| (By Contribution from Metropolitan Board) | ||||||||||
| 19 | 1873, January 20 | £6,000 | £3 17/6 | Ditto. | Ditto. | Ditto. | Fifty-seven Years, to be repaid as follows : £120 on 1st Oct., 1873; £105 on 1st Oct. in 56 succeeding Years. | £540 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 1873, January 20 | £7,250 | £3 17/6 | Ditto. | For Improvements in Limehouse. | Ditto. | Fifty-seven Years, to be repaid as follows : £138 on 1st Oct., 1873 ; £127 on 1st Oct. in 56 succeeding Years. | £64.6 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 1874, October 1 | £2,816 10/ | £3 18/6 | Ditto. | For Improvements in Wapping Wall, Shadwell. | Ditto. | Fifty-five Years, to be repaid as follows : £62 10s. on 1st Oct.,1875; £51 on 1st Oct. in 54 succeeding Years. | £164 | 10 | 0 |
| £85,116 10/ | £46,339 | 10 | 0 - 1 | |||||||