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Paddington 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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BOROUGH OF PADDINGTO.
REPORT, 1888-9.
[A] Account
| RECEIPTS. | EXPENDITURE. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| Balance in hand brought from last year's Account | 623 | 19 | 11 | Guardian Board (including County Rate, Metropolitan Common Poor Fund, Metropolitan Asylums District Rate, and West London School District Rate) | 77,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Received on Account of Rates | 106,536 | 19 | 11 | ||||
| „ from the Burial Board, pursuant to Sec. 22 of the 15th and 16th Vic. Cap. 85 (Metropolitan Burials Act) | 500 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Police Rate | 26,595 | 19 | 6 | ||||
| Commissioners for Public Baths and Wash-houses | 3,734 | 12 | 6 | ||||
| „ from Her Majesty's Treasury, as a Contribution by way of Bounty to the Rates on Government Property | 62 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Overseers' Expenses, incurred in preparing Borough and County Lists | 415 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Expenses incurred in the Election of Vestrymen and Auditors of Accounts | 31 | 19 | 1 | ||||
| „ from other Sources | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Adverse Balance | 140 | 18 | 2 | ||||
| Jury Lists. | 56 | 12 | 6 | ||||
| Law Expenses (re Disorderly houses) | 30 | 14 | 10 | ||||
| £107,864 | 19 | 5 | £107,864 | 19 | 5 | ||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance in hand at Bankers | 749 | 8 | 8 | Lighting under Average Meter System | 4,419 | 3 | 4 |
| Ditto wages account | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||||
| New Lamp Columns, Brackets and Lanterns, and Lamp Removals | 255 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Received on Account of Rates | 7,422 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| ,, from Her Majesty's Treasury, as a Contribution by way of Bounty to the Rates on Government Property | 4 | 6 | 9 | ||||
| 1,758 | 4 | 5 | |||||
| Maintenance of Meters | 155 | 17 | 6 | ||||
| Meters and Boxes (repairs) | 35 | 17 | 4 | ||||
| ,, from Sewers Rate Account for Gas to Urinals | 24 | 3 | 11 | ||||
| Tradesmen's Bills | 206 | 8 | 6 | ||||
| „ on Account of Private Lighting | 25 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Balance in hand at Bankers | 1,436 | 3 | 10 | ||||
| „ „ of Damage to Lamps | 42 | 13 | 6 | ||||
| Ditto wages account | 7 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| £8,273 | 17 | 10 | £8,273 | 17 | 10 |