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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Commercial Dock Entrance to the "Lion" P.H., leaving £7500 to be repaid by
equal annual instalments within a period of 15 years, with interest at £5 per cent.
per annum.
£1330 0s. 0d. has been paid off the Loans borrowed of the Atlas Assurance
Company for paving the carriageways of Plough Road and Rotherhithe Street from
Lavender Bridge eastwards, and likewise for paving the footways of the main roads,
leaving £8670 0s. 0d. to be repaid by annual instalments, with interest at the
rate of £4 5s. 0d. per cent. per annum.
In July 1876, the Vestry obtained of the Atlas Assurance Company a further
Loan of £2200 to defray the cost of paving the carriageway at Broadway Paradise
Street, also the carriageway Church Street from Paradise Street to the entrance of
Elephant Lane, to be repaid by 20 equal annual instalments of £110 each, the first
of such instalments to be payable on the 4th day of July, 1877, with interest at the
rate of £4 5s. 0d. per cent. per annum.
Charity Estates, &c.
The accounts of Messrs. Robert Foottit and Edward James Talbot, churchwardens,
for the year 1876-77 have been audited, and the following is a copy of the
Charities Account, viz:—
£
s.
d.
To Balance received from late Churchwardens
23
4
1
„ Cash received Plaistow Estate
12
17
10
„ „ Stratford Estate
36
8
10
„ „ Smith's Charity
45
0
0
„ „ Plaistow Estate
12
16
9
„ Stratford Estate
36
6
10
„ „ Bennett's Charity
9
0
0
„ Hill and Bell's Charity
6
0
0
„ Coat and Cloak Charity
6
0
0
„ „ Mrs Emblcton's Gift
5
0
10
£192
14
2
By Cash paid for Bread, viz:—
£
S.
d.
£
s.
d.
Baker
10
16
0
Watts
10
16
0
Obermuller
8
10
0