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Paddington 1861

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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[B] Summary Statement of Contracts entry the Vestry of the Parish of Paddington,

for the year ending the March, 1862, namely:—

Mr. MannGerneral Sewrs Workat Five per cent. under the detailed Schedule Prices.
Mr. CrockettInstructing Sewer, and for other Works in Sussex Square, Sussex Gardens and adjacent Streets..|£1750.
Mr. BatterburyInstructing Sewer in Randolph Mews£ 169.
Mr. ManuelleGuernsey Granite12s. 8d. per Ton.
Dittoditto ditto (broken)175. 6d. per cubic yard.
Mr. DoddInts8s. 1d. per Ton.
Mr. DarkeEntering the Roads (A. District)£434.
Messrs. Curnockditto ditto (B. District)£ 1300.
Mr. FergusonCleansing the Streets£ 2448.
Messrs. Mowlem and CoPavingas per detailed Schedule.
Mr. MorganStarting materials7d. per Ton.
DittoWay-Work7s. 4½d. per Day.
Mr. FergusonSifted Gravel2s. 7d. per Ton.
DittoSifted Gravel2s. 2d. „
Messrs. Baldwin and CoRemoving Dust and Ashesthe Contractors to pay £200.
This Contract was determined 9th January, 1862.Mr. BirdPursing the Parish Fire-Engine£ 60 per Annum.
Mr. Wareditto ditto£ 60 per Annum.

We feel that our Report would be incomplete were we to pass unnoticed the
accurate way in which the Accounts are kept, and the apt and courteous assistance
afforded us by Mr. Avelinq, the Vestry Clerk, during the course of their investigation.
June 20, 1862.
NEWTON CROUCH, Chairman,)
(Signed) WILLIAM HARRISON, Auditors.
DAVID LITTLE,
*The legality of this charge is provided for under the Act of 6th Victoria, Cap. 18—It
forms part of the Overseers' legitimate Expenses in carrying out the provisions of the said Act; it is
annually certified by the Revising Barrister, sanctioned by the Vestry, and allowed by the Poor Law
Auditor: it has also been allowed by the Parochial Auditors of all former years, two out of the Three
Auditors whose signatures are hereto affixed being of that number—see 1860 and 1861.
To the unprecedented exception this year taken to a portion of their Account, as thoroughly
correct as all the other items thereof, the Overseers have no further explanation to offer. Their duties
have been performed in accordance not only with law and precedent, but also in confermity with the
customs of Overseers in general, all of whom might, with equal propriety, be surprised by the sudden
appearance of an objection in the midst of a course wherein they could by no possibility cither anticipate
or guard against it.
WILLIAM TODD, Overseers.
THOMAS CHEW,
Original Debt. Rate of Rate of Interest. Paid off this year. Total Paid off. Remaining unpaid.
£ £ £ £
Bond Debt 17000 4 per Cent. 1000 14000 3000
Church Debt 19000 4½ „ 900 13500 5500
Ditto 6000 5 „ 300 1800 4200
Workhouse Debt 25500 4 „ 1275 14775 10725
Burial Board Debt 16600 5 „ 830 5280 11320