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Limehouse 1882
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]
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The following Works have also been executed by the Contractor
of the Board, viz.:—
95 feet of 12-in. pipe sewer cleansed.
3 New Gullies constructed in Shadwell.
9 Gullies altered and repaired.
10 New Gully Grates supplied and fixed.
1 New side entrance flap ditto.
2 Urinals repaired.
9 Meter Boxes fixed.
6 Flushing Boxes fixed.
13 Gullies raised.
2 Gullies connected with Sewer.
2 Gridirons fixed.
2 Block traps fixed.
1 Manhole repaired.
2 Gully Bends fixed.
1 Air shaft fixed.
1 Ventilator repaired.
2 6-in. Traps fixed in Urinals.
The Contractors of the Metropolitan Board of Works for the
construction of the New Storm Relief Sewer discharging into the River
near Ratcliff Cross, have laid 70 feet of 18-in. Pipe Sewer in London
Street, Ratcliff, in lieu of part of the old brick sewer which was
damaged by them in the construction of the works. As the old sewer
was in a defective state, the District Board agreed to pay the prime cost
of the pipes upon condition that the Contractors carried out the
work in all other respects to my satisfaction at their own cost.
HOUSE DRAINAGE.
99 dwelling houses (including 50 new houses and other buildings)
have been connected with the Sewers, and the following
works executed in connexion therewith, viz.:—
RETURN OF MONIES RAISED ON LOAN AT INTEREST (Continued).
| No. | Date of Mortgage. | Amount. | Rate of Interest. | Secured on. | For what purpose Borrowed. | From whom Borrowed. | For what Term. | Repayment. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | £85,116 10/ | Brought forward | £57,235 10 0 | |||||
| 22 | 1874, October 1 | £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 lstOct.,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 on 1st Oct. in 53 succeeding years. | £255 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 Paving 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. | £4,900 0 0 |
| £102,233 | £67,107 0 0 |