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Paddington 1870
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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[A] Account in Abstract shewing the Receipts; penditure for the Parish of Paddington, for the year
ending 25th March, 1871, under the sev ads of Receipt and Expenditure, viz.:—
POOR RATE ACCOUNT.
| RECEIPTS, | £ | s. | d. | EXPENDITURE. | s. | d. | ||
| Balance in hand | 3029 | 9 | 9 | County Rate | 15342 | 8 | 0 | |
| anditure which the has no cantrol. | Policy Rate | 19814 | 12 | 8 | ||||
| Recceived on account of Rates | 83740 | 12 | m | Guardian Board | 31500 | 0 | 0 | |
| Metropolitan Common Poor Fund | 11595 | 4 | 7 | |||||
| „ „ of other sources | 0 | 7 | 6 | Metropolitian Asylum District | 3145 | 13 | 3 | |
| West London School District | 190 | 2 | 7 | |||||
| Salary | 20 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Collectors' Commission | 971 | 4 | 7 | |||||
| Returning Officer | 137 | 10 | 5 | |||||
| Sundries | 162 | 8 | 4 | |||||
| Balance in hand | 3891 | 5 | ||||||
| £86770 | 10 | 2½ | ||||||
| £ 86770 | 10 | 2½ |
| Received on account of Rates | 7481 | 10 | 5 | Balance overpaid from last year's Account.. | 5 | 9 | 7— |
| Lighting | 7599 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Balance overpaid | 247 | 9 | Lamp Removals | 21 | 11 | 4 | |
| Collectors' Commission | 87 | 17 | 0¼ | ||||
| New Lamps | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| £7729 | 0 | 0½ | <£ 7729 | 0 | 21 2 |
| Balance in hand 2633 | 10½ | Materials | 7674 | 11 | 10 | |
| Received on account of Rates 33074 | 2 | 9¼ | Paving Works | 1569 | 0 | 6 |
| Carting and Day-Work | 1043 | 8 | 6 | |||
| „ ,, of other sources 2549 | 3 | Watering Roads | 3760 | 17 | 5 | |
| Cleansing Streets | 3683 | 6 | 8 | |||
| Removing Dust, Ashes, and Refuse | 1447 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Balances due to Parishioners on Paving Accounts | 198 | 16 | 1 | |||
| Wages to Men employed at the Wharf and on the Roads. | 7576 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gully Drains in New Streets | 60 | 19 | 10 | |||
| Maintenance of Water Meters, &c. | 43 | 11 | 6 | |||
| Working Street Roller and Road Scraper | 60 | 17 | 0 | |||
| Salaries | 2664 | 13 | 0 | |||
| Superannuation Allowance | 362 | 6 | 8 | |||
| Rent, Rates and Taxes | 370 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Collectors' Commission | 396 | 17 | ||||
| Printing, Books, Stationery, Collectors' Receipt Stamps for Rates, &c. | 254 | 11 | 10 | |||
| Tradesmens' Bills | 934 | 16 | 1 | |||
| Law Expenses | 182 | 3 | 2 | |||
| • | Assessment Committee, expenses incurred under "Valuation (Metropolis) Act 1869" | 652 | 16 | 6 | ||
| London School Board | 301 | 15 | 6 | |||
| Sundries | 281 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Balance in hand | 4737 | 4 | 8½ | |||
| 6 | 10¾ | £38257 | 6 | 10¾ |