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Rotherhithe 1879

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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Financial.
£5,677 4s. 0d. has been paid off the Loan borrowed in 1868, of Mr. Robert
Lawrence, for paving the Carriageway, Union Road, and part of the Deptford Lower
Road, leaving £3784 16s. 0d. to be repaid by equal annual instalments within a period
of eight years with interest at £5 per cent. per annum.
The Loan of £600 borrowed in 1870 of Mr. Edward Talbot, for Sewers works,
has been paid off.
The Loan of £1,500 for paving works, borrowed of Mr. Edward Talbot, still
continues, this Loan being repayable in 15 years from the year 1870.
The Vestry have set aside £100 yearly to form a sinking fund to pay the same off at
the expiration of the said term, the sum at present standing to such sinking fund
account being £1,000.
£4,000 has been paid off the Loan of £10,000, borrowed in the year 1872, of the
Eagle Insurance Company, for paving the Carriageway, Deptford Lower Road, from
the Surrey Commercial Dock Entrance to the Red Lion P.H., leaving £6,000 to be
repaid by equal annual instalments within a period of 12 years, with interest at £5 per
cent, per annum.
£3,325 has been paid off the Loan of £10,000 borrowed in the year 1875 of the
Atlas Assurance Company, for paving the Carriageways of Plough Road and Rotherhithe
Street, from Lavender Bridge eastward, and likewise for paving the Footways of the
Main Roads, leaving £6,675 to be repaid by annual instalments with interest at the
rate of £4 5s. per cent. per annum.
£330 has been paid off the further Loan of £2,200 borrowed in the year 1876, of
the Atlas Assurance Company, for paving the Carriageway at Broadway, Paradise
Street; also the Carriageway, Church Street, from Paradise Street to the entrance of
Elephant Lane, leaving £1870 to be repaid by 17 equal annual instalments of £110
each, with interest at the rate of £4 5s. per cent. per annum.
Charity Estates, &c.
The accounts of Messrs. Edward James Talbot and Francis John Bisley, Churchwardens
for the year 1879-80, have been audited, and the following is a copy of the
Charities Account, viz.: