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Lewisham 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]
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37
TO THE
BOARD OF WORKS
for the
LIMEHOUSE DISTRICT.
Department of Works,
Offices, White Horse Street,
Commercial Road, E.
Gentlemen,
I beg to submit to you my Report upon the works
executed in the district from Lady-day. 1891to lady-day 1892.
SEWERS.
The brick sewer in the short street leading from Ben
Jonson Road to Halley Street being found to be in a very
defective condition the Board gave directions for the same to be
broken up and a new 12-inch pipe sewer constructed. I he
necessary plan and section having been approved, the work was
carried out by the Board's Contractor.
RETURN OF MONET ??? AISED 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. | Repayments. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought for forward | £37,800 | Brought Forward | £37,580 | 0 | o | |||||
| 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; £112 on 1st Oct. in 50 succeeding years, (now reduced to £10 per year). | £6,749 | 0 | 0 |
| (By Contribution from Metropolitan Board.) | ||||||||||
| £121 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 16 | 1872, July 21 | £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. | £17,100 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 1872, August 10 | £4,000 | £3 17/6 | Ditto. | For Improvements in Sun Tavern Gap, Shad well. | Metropolitan Board of Works. | Fifty-seven years, to be repaid as follows: £50 on 1st Oct. 1879; £79 on lst Oct. in 50 succeeding years. | The whole. | ||
| £4.030 | 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. | £2,010 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 1873, January 20 | £7,250 | £3 17/6 | Ditto. | For Improvements in limehouse. | Ditto. | Fifty-seven years, to bo repaid as follows: £138 on 1st Oct.. 1873; £127 on 1st Oct. in 56 succeeding years. | £2,424 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 1871, October 1 | £2,810 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 5.1 succeeding years. | £ 878 | 10 | 0 |
| Carried forward | £85,116 10/ | Carried forward | £72,862 | 10 | 0 | |||||