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Rotherhithe 1870
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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Sewers Account, One Year ending 25th March, 1871.
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To Cash, Balance at last Audit | 423 | 1 | By paid Salaries, one year | 410 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| ,, received from Overseers on account of Sewers Rates | 3920 | 0 | 0 | „ Commission ,, | 99 | 3 | 5 | |||
| ,, received for putting in drains, &c. | 87 | 14 | 0 | „ The Metropolitan Board of Works Precepts | 1615 | 6 | 4 | |||
| ,, Interest on current account with London and Westminster Bank | 10 | 7 | 4 | „ Interest on Loans | 40 | 0 | 0 | |||
| „ Rent of Surface over Sewer | 0 | 1 | 0 | ,, Labour | 381 | 11 | 0 | |||
| „ Cartage | 53 | 9 | 10 | |||||||
| „ General Drainage Works (Kent) | 434 | 0 | 11 | |||||||
| ,, Tradesmen's Bills, &c. | 69 | 8 | 1 | |||||||
| 3102 | 19 | 7 | ||||||||
| By lent Paving Account | 419 | 17 | 8½ | |||||||
| „ „ Lighting Account | 205 | 2 | 10 ¾ | |||||||
| ,, Balance at Bank | 713 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| 1338 | 3 | 11¼ | ||||||||
| £4441 | 3 | 6¼ | £4441 | 3 | 6¼ | |||||
Loan Sinking Fund Account.
| £ | s. | d. | £ | t. | d. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To Balance at Bank | 713 | 3 | 4 | By Annual Amount set aside to pay off two Loans of £1500 each, borrowed of Messrs. Dannell and Talbot, for paving purposes | 200 | 0 | 0 |
| „ Annual Amount set aside to pay off two Loans of £600, and £200 borrowed respectively of Messrs. E. Talbot and Dannell, for Sewers Work | 80 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 280 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 433 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| £713 | 3 | 4 | £713 | 3 | 4 |
Two gulleys for the drainage of the surface of the said road have also been constructed
at the cost of the Vestry.
The Vestry have contributed £18 towards the cost of a length of 15-inch pipe
sewer laid by the Vestry of Bermondsey in West Lane in continuation of the old sewer
southward to Union Road, on condition that the necessary junctions were provided by
that Vestry in such new sewer, in order to render the same available for any drainage
that might hereafter be required for houses and premises in this parish.
An order has been made by the Vestry that, subject to the approval of the Metropolitan
Board of Works, a 2-feet pipe drain on concrete be required to be provided to
take the drainage of the houses in Granham Road, Rotherhithe New Road, and
that the junction with the main sewer and the portion of the said drain in
the Rotherhithe New Road be executed by the Vestry, upon the deposit by the Owner
with the Vestry of the estimated amount of the cost thereof.
Paving Works.
The following materials have been used in repairing the Roads during the year
ending 25th March, 1871, viz.:—
Broken Guernsey Granite
1113 cubic yards.
Ditto Bombay Stone
747 „ „
Ditto Common Stone
580 „ „
Ditto Port Phillip Stone
47 „ „
Gravel
185 „ „
Hoggin
140 „ „
Granite Siftings
24 „ „
Hard Core for foundation
554 „ „
Slop Carted, viz.,
Parish roads
1890 yards
Main roads
3889 „
5779 „