Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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NINTH GENERAL REPORT
OF THE
Destny of the parish of Rotherhithe,
SURREY,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING 25th MARCH.
18 65.
During the past year the Vestry has held seventeen General and Special Meetings, and
twenty-five Committee Meetings.
Sewers Works.
The lengths of drains and sewers laid by the Vestry to Lady-day, are :—
6-inch pipe drain 384 feet
9 446 „
12 „ ,, 528 „
15,,,, 1 2„
Total 1370 „
Thirteen road-gulleys, fifteen gratings, thirty-nine drain mouths and junctions to sewers,
and one flushing shaft, have been formed.
Sixty-seven applications have been made to drain houses into sewers, including notices
of intended new building, and plans chocked and approved, comprising about 176 houses and
premises, 172 of which nave been drained and completed.
The drainage of 18 houses which was in progress or standing over on the 25th March,
1864, has since been carried out and completed, making the total number of houses drained,
190.
£ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||
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Cash received from Paving Rates, viz.:— | Balance on 25th March, 1864 | 630 | 10 | 2¼ | |||||||||
No. 12 made October, 1861, at 3d. in the pound | 0 | 9 | 4½ | 503 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
No. 13, made April, 1862, at 4rf. in the pound | 2 | 9 | 2 | Salaries—Medical Officer of Health, Clerks, Surveyor, Inspector of Nuisances, and Street Keeper, one year | |||||||||
No. 14, made October, 1862, at 4d. in the pound | 4 | 9 | 4 | Commission | 83 | 12 | 7¾ | ||||||
No. 15, made April, 1863, at 'id. in the pound | 15 | 17 | Paviors Labour | 306 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
No. 16, made October, 1863, at 4d. in the pound | 144 | 4 | 2 | Day Labour | 336 | 9 | 7 | ||||||
No. 17, mado April, 1864, at 3d. in the pound | 1193 | 12 | 1¾ | Cartage | 134 | 18 | 0 | ||||||
No. 18, made October. 1864, at 5d. in the Dound | 1857 | 19 | 5½ | Stone | 343 | 4 | 6 | ||||||
3219 | 1 | Scavengering and Dusting | 330 | 0 | |||||||||
Surrey Consumers' Gas Company, for repairs to trenches | 61 | 6 | 10 | Interest on Loan (Mr. J. Arnold) | 21 | 18 | 9 | ||||||
Southwark Water Company, for repairs to trenches | 29 | 5 | 6 | Rent (Amer's Executors) | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Contributions received towards cost of paving Wyndham Road | 3 | 0 | 0 | Valuation Committee Expenses | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
,, „ „ Cross Street, Deptford Road .. | 19 | 6 | 8¾ | Removal of Nuisances | 4 | 2 | |||||||
„ „ „ Wellington Street, Albion Street | 1 | 0 | 0 | Lime, &c. | 9 | ||||||||
„ ,, „ Chilton Street | 187 | 12 | 0 | Ballast | 80 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
Rent of House, Trinity Street | 8 | 15 | 11 | Watermg, viz.:— | |||||||||
Interest on Current Account with London and Westminster Bank | 1 | 0 | 0 | „ Horse Hire | 113 | 12 | 6 | ||||||
For dust, as per contract (on account) | 20 | 0 | 0 | „ Cart Hire | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Sundry Contributions | 43 | 18 | 0 | „ Labour | 16 | 6 | 151 | 9 | 0 | ||||
Temporary Loan (Hawks, Wilmott, and Stokes) | 316 | 18 | 1 | Law Costs, opposing Surrey Commercial Dock Bill and Railway Bills, 1864, also as to Charity Estates | 365 | 18 | 3 Q | ||||||
4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
Balance | 1072 | 12 | 6 | Parliamentary Agents' Costs, opposing Dock and Railway Bills | 43 | 8 | |||||||
Stationery, &c. | 22 | 14 | 9 | ||||||||||
Fire Escapes | 160 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Balance of cost of rebuilding Plough-bridge | 780 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Paving and kerbing footways Chilton Street (on account) | 390 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Messrs. Legg and Paine, re-valuation of the parish | 75 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Vestry Clerk for adapting Rate Books to new assessment | 31 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sundry Tradesmen's Bills | 140 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||
16 | 10 | £4983 | 16 | 10 |
£ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balance on 25th March, 1864 | 285 | 11 | 8½ | Lighting (three quarters) | 1174 | 10 | 9 | |||
Cash received from Lighting Rates, viz.:— | Commission, one year | 43 | 2 | 4½ | ||||||
no. 5, made October, 1861, at 2d. in the pound | 0 | 6 | 3 | Lamp columns | 10 | 1 | 9 | |||
No. 6, made April, 1862, at 5d. in the pound | 1 | 14 | 7 | Sundries | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
No. 7, made October, 1862, at 3d. in the pound | 3 | 7 | 6 | |||||||
No. 8, made April, 1863, at 2½d. in the pound | 13 | 4 | 1232 | 14 | 10½ | |||||
No. 9, made October, 1863, at 2d. in the pound | 71 | 5 | 4 | Balance | 708 | 7 | 11¼ | |||
No. 10, made April, 1864, at 3d. in the pound | 1192 | 7 | 0¾ | |||||||
No. 11, made October, 1864, at ld. in the pound | 371 | 11 | 0 | |||||||
1653 | 16 | 5¼ | ||||||||
Interest on current account with London and Westminster Bank | 1 | 14 | 8 | |||||||
2 | 9¾ | £1941 | 2 | 9¾ |