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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Paddington 1868
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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[A] Account in Abstract shewing the ??? for the Parish of Paddington, for the year
ending 25th March, 1869, under the ??? of Receipt and Expenditure, viz.:—
POOR RATE ACCOUNT.
| RECEIPTS. | s. | d | EXPENDITURE. | £ | s. | d | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance in hand | 168 | 3 | 2¾ | County Rate | 12639 | 1 | 9 |
| Received on account of Rates | 61166 | 9 | 3¾ | Police Rate | 22225 | 8 | 4 |
| „ „ of other sources | 56 | 0 | 2 | Guardian Board | 21960 | 0 | 0 |
| Metropolitan Common Poor Fund | 4465 | 15 | 7 | ||||
| Metropolitan Asylum District | 380 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| West London School District | 180 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Metropolitan Fire Brigade Rate | 1579 | 17 | 8 | ||||
| Salary | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Balance over-paid | 3136 | 1 | 5¼ | Collectors' Commission | 696 | 3 | 9½ |
| Returning Officer | 172 | 16 | |||||
| Sundries | 207 | 7 | |||||
| £64526 | 14 | 1½ | £64526 | 14 | 1½ |
| Received on account of Rates | 8675 | 12 | 4 | Balance over-paid from last year's Account | 131 | 13 | 6¼ |
| 7801 | 11 | 10 | |||||
| Collectors' Commission | 91 | 16 | 4½ | ||||
| Balance in band | 650 | 10 | 7¼ | ||||
| . | £8675 | 4 | £8675 | 12 | 4 |
| Balance in hand from last year's Account | 1142 | 6 | 9¾ | Materials | 9206 | 17 | 10 |
| Received on account of Rates | 32084 | 12 | Paving-Works | 1512 | 9 | 1 | |
| Carting and Day-Work | 879 | 12 | 1 | ||||
| „ „ other sources (making and repairing Roads, &c.) | 3480 | 9 | Watering Roads | 3732 | 13 | 11 | |
| Cleansing Streets | 3887 | 8 | 4 | ||||
| Balances due to Parishioners on Paving Accounts | 386 | 10 | 7 | ||||
| Wages to Men employed at the Wharf and on the Roads, &c. | 7358 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gulley Drains in new Streets | 38 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Maintenance of Water-Meters | 39 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Street Roller and working same; and Road Scraper | 142 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Salaries | 2714 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Superannuation Allowances | 192 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Rent, Rates and Taxes | 294 | 13 | 4 | ||||
| Collectors' Commission | 382 | 9 | 5½ | ||||
| Printing, Books, Stationery, Collectors' Receipt Stamps for Rate, &c. | 320 | 17 | |||||
| Law Expenses | 184 | 17 | 1 | ||||
| Painting Works, &c. to exterior of Vestry Hall Premises | 150 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sundries | 827 | 11 | 3 | ||||
| Balance in hand | 4456 | 15 | 1¼ | ||||
| £36707 | 8 | 11¾ | 8 | 11¾ |