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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£3,990 has been paid off the Loan of £10,000 borrowed in the year 1875 of the
Atlas Assurance Company, for paving the carriageway of Plough-road and Rotherhithe
street, from Lavender Bridge eastward, and likewise for paving the footways of the
main roads, leaving £6,010 to be repaid by annual instalments, with interest at the
rate of £4 5s. Od. per cent, per annum.
£440 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, Paradisestreet,
also the carriageway Church-street, from Paradise-street to the entrance of
Elephant-lane, leaving £1,760 to be repaid by sixteen equal annual instalments of
£110 each, with interest at the rate of £4 5s. Od. per cent, per annum.
In August 1880, the Vestry borrowed of the Metropolitan Board of Works, the
sum of £2,100, towards defraying the expenses of the purchase of the ground required
for the improvement of Rotherhithe-street, at the Gas Works and at Carolina Wharf,
such Loan to be repaid by fifty consecutive annual instalments of £42 each, on the 1st
day of October in each year, with interest at the rate of £3 15s. Od. per cent, per
annum.
In January, 1881, the Vestry borrowed of Mr. Reuben Henry Williams the sum
of £2,700 for Paving Works in Union-road, Deptford Lower-road, Rotherhithe Newroad,
Plough-road, and Commercial Dock-road, such Loan to be repaid by seven
annual instalments on the 1st day of February in each year, with interest at the
rate of £4 4s. 6d. per annum.
Charity Estates, &c.
The accounts of Messrs. Francis John Bisley and John Allen, Churchwardens, for
the year 1880-81, have been audited, and the following is a copy of the Charities
Account, viz.:
To Cash received,
Stratford Estate
£35
16
8
" "
Stratford Estate
35
16
8
" "
Plaistow Estate
33
17
5
" "
Return of Income Tax
3
18
2
" "
Smith's Charity
21
6
6
" "
Smith's Charity
42
12
0
" "
Loan from Vestry of Rotherhithe
50
0
0
" "
Sprunt's Charity
5
7
9
" "
Bennett's Charity
9
0
0
" "
Hill and Bell's Charity
6
0
0
" "
Coat and Cloak Charity
6
0
0
" "
Mrs. Embleton's Gift
5
0
10
£254
16
0