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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Wapping.—Part of Cinnamon Street and Wapping Dock
Stairs.
New carriage-way Paving has been laid down as follows, viz.:—
Limehouse.—Parts of Salmon's Lane, Rhodeswell Road, Gill
Street, New Street, and Park Street.
Ratcliff.—Brook Street, and part of York Road and Salmon's
Lane, have been relaid with second-hand stone.
Old carriage-way Paving has been relaid as follows, viz.:—
Limehouse.—Parts of Commercial Road, Copenhagen Place,
Salmon's Lane, Gun Lane, and Channels in Farrance Street and
Dalgleish Street, and Parnham Street.
Ratcliff.—Parts of Broad Street, Glasshouse Street, London
Street, Stepney Causeway, Caroline Street, and Channels in York
Street East.
Shadwell.—Parts of West Gardens and New Gravel Lane,
Channels in Mercers Street, and West side of King David Lane.
Wapping.—Parts of Cinnamon Street, Prusom's Island, and
parts of High Street, Channels in Cinnamon Street.
The following streets have been relaid with old stone removed
from Brook Street:—
Limehouse.—St. Anne Street and St. Anne Row.
Ratcliff.—Harris's Court, Bere Street, George Street, Ann
Street, and Steel's Lane.
Carriage crossings have been formed at the following places,
viz.:—
Limehouse.—Mr. Johnston's premises, Narrow Street, and
No. 17, Gill Street.
Ratcliff.—Mr. East's premises, on the East side of Ratcliff
Square.
Wapping.—Messrs. Richardson's premises, High Street.
Carriage crossings have been relaid as follows, viz.:—
Limehouse.—One in Gun Lane, two in Dora Street, and one
in Gloucester Street.
RETURN OF MONIES RAISED ON LOAN AT INTEREST.
| No. | Date of Mortgage. | Amount. | Rate of Interest. | Secured on. | For what purpose Borrowed. | From whom Borrowed. | For what Term. | Repayments. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £85,116 10/ | £48,632 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||
| 22 | 1874, October I | £2,816 10/ | £3 | 18/6 | General Rates. | For Improvements in Wapping Wall, Shadwell. | Metropolitan Board of Works. | Fifty-five Years, to be repaid as follows: £62 10s. on 1st Oct., 1875; £51 on 1st Oct., in 54 succeeding Years. | The whole. | ||
| £2,816 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||
| (By Contribution from Metropolitan Board.) | |||||||||||
| 23 | 1876, February 9 | £1,900 | £3 | 18/6 | Ditto. | For certain Works, viz.: the widening of High Street, Wapping, between Wapping Dock Street, and Sir William Warren's Square. | Ditto. | Fifty-four Years, to be repaid as follows: £45 on 1st Oct., 1876; £35 1st Oct. in 53 succeeding Years. | £115 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | 1876, February 9 | £1,900 | £3 | 18/6 | Ditto. | Ditto. | Ditto. | Ditto. | The whole. | ||
| £1,900 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| (By Contribution from Metropolitan Board.) | |||||||||||
| 25 | 1876, March 8 | £10,500 | £3 | 18/6 | Ditto. | For certain Paving Works, viz.: Commercial Road, East and West India Dock Roads, and also Paring Works in Limehouse and Shadwell. | Ditto. | Fifteen Years, to be repaid as follows: £700 on 1st Oct., 1876; £700 on 1st Oct. in 14 succeeding Years. | £2,100 | 0 | 0 |
| £102,233 | £55,564 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||