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Rotherhithe 1878

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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21
By Cash paid for Bread, viz. :
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
Crowson
10
16
0
Davies
10
16
0
Johnson
10
16
0
G. Wood
10
16
0
kilian
10
16
0
Sehon
10
16
0
Wolf
10
16
0
Crowson
10
16
0
Davis
10
16
0
Erback
10
16
0
Johnson
10
16
0
Davies
10
16
0
129
12
0
By Cash Treasurer of Charity School
3
o
0
„ Bennett's Charity distributed in 1/- Tickets
9
0
0
„ Sprunt's Charity distributed to Six Widows
5
7
8
„ E. Willoughby, Printing Bennett's Charity tickets
0
8
6
„ Chief Kent in respect of land at Stratford and Plaistow
0
6
10
„ Mrs. Embleton's Gift
5
0
10
„ Coat Cloak Charity distributed at Christmas
6
0
0
158
15
10
Balance
32
8
9
£191
4
7
The Vestry being of opinion that the time had arrived for measures to be taken
for letting the Charity land, belonging to this parish, at Plaistow, Essex, upon a
building lease, they instructed Mr. George Legg the Surveyor to prepare a plan laying
out the said land for building, which was prepared accordingly ami approved by the
Vestry, and in September, 1878, advertisements were inserted in the public newspapers
for Tenders for the said land.
The Vestry received four Tenders for the same and ultimately accepted the
Tender of Mr. Edward Machin for a lease of the said land for 80 years from the 25th
December, 1878, at the following rents : for the first year of the said term, a
peppercorn; for the 2nd and 3rd years, the rent of £46 5s. and for the 4th and
following years of the said term, the full rent of £185 per annum, payable quarterly.
Mr. Machin on the 31st December, 1878, executed an agreement with the Feoffee.- and
Trustees of the Charity Lands belonging to this parish, to pay the said rent as
aforesaid; to construct at his own cost, all proper roads, footpaths, sewers, gulleys, and
drainage works for the said land and for the houses to be erected thereon, also within