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Limehouse 1882
[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, 1882, to Lady-day, 1883.
SEWERS.
New Sewers have been constructed of the following lengths and
sizes, viz.:—
PIPE SEWERS.
Ratclife-Ashfield Place—12-in. 163-ft.; 6-in. 49-ft.
York Street West—12-in. 576-ft.; 9-in. 14-ft.; 6-in. 84-ft.
York Street East—12-in. 546-ft.; 9-in. 20-ft.6-in. 192-ft.
Wapping—Church Court — 9-in. 170-ft. ; 6-in. 8-ft.
| No. | Date of Mortgage. | Amount. | Rate of Interest | Secured on. | For what purpose Borrowed. | From whom Borrowed. | For what Term. | Repayments. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £37,800 | £32,690 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.) £31 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. | £9,000 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. | £1,065 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. | £1,281 0 0 |
| 21 | 1874, October 1 | £2,816 10/ | £3 18/6 | Ditto. | For Improvements in Wapping Wall, Shadwell. | Ditto. | Fiftjr-five Years, to be repaid as follows: £62 10s. on 1st Oct.,1875; £51 on 1st Oct in 54 succeeding Years. | £419 10 0 |
| £85,116 10/ | £57,235 10 0 |