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Limehouse 1880
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]
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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 Work executed
in the District from Lady-day, 1880, to Lady-day, 1881.
SEWERS.
New Sewers have been constructed of the following lengths
and sizes, viz.:—
PIPE SEWERS.
Limehouse—Robert Street—12in. 136ft.; 6in. 8ft.
Amoy Place 9in. 74ft.; Gin. 5ft.
Oak Lane 12in. 340ft.; Gin. 64ft.
Shad well—Juniper Row— 12in. 310ft.; 6in. 8ft.
Wapping—Red Lion Court 12in. 100ft.; 9in. 40ft.; 6in. 39ft.
No. 15.
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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £37,800 | £30,770 0 0 | |||||||
| 15 | 1872, June 22 | £7,250 | £3 17/6 | General Rates. | For Improvements in Limehouse. | Metropolitan Board of Works. | Fifty-seven Years, to be repaid as follows : £150 on 1st Oct., 1879; £142 on 1st Oct. in 50 succeeding Years. | £6,749 0 0 (By Contribution from Metropolitan Board.) £11 0 0 |
| 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. | £7,200 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. | £855 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. | £1,027 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. | £317 10 0 |
| £85,116 10/ | £52,929 10 0 |