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Rotherhithe 1883

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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£5,500 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 £4,500 to be
repaid by equal annual instalments within a period of nine years, with interest at the
rate of £5 per cent. per annum.
£5,320 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 £4,680 to be repaid by annual instalments with interest at the rate
of £4 5s. 0d. per cent. per annum.
£770 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 Elephantlane,
leaving £1,430 to be repaid by thirteen annual instalments of £110 each, with
interest at the rate of £4 5s. 0d. per cent. per annum.
£168 has been paid off the Loan of £2,100 borrowed in August, 1880, of the
Metropolitan Board of Works, towards repaying the expenses of the purchase of the
ground required for the improvement of Rotherhithe-street at the Gas Works, and at
Carolina Wharf, leaving £1,932 to be repaid by 46 consecutive annual instalments of
£42 each, with interest at the rate of £3 15s 0d. per cent. per annum.
£1,175 2s. 9d. has been paid off the Loan of £2,700 borrowed in January, 1881,
of Mr. Reuben Henry Williams, for paving works executed in Union-road, DeptfordLower-road,
Rotherhithe New-road, Plough road and Commercial Dock-road, leaving
£1,542 17s. 3d. to be repaid by four annual instalments with interest at the rate of
£4 4s. 6d. per cent. per annum.
£200 has been paid off the Loan of £2,000 borrowed in November, 1881, of the
Metropolitan Board of Works, towards defraying the expense of paving the carriageway
and footways of Rotherhithe-street, at the Gas Works and Carolina Wharf, leaving
£1,800 to be repaid by eighteen consecutive annual instalments of £100 each, on the
31st day of October in each year, with interest at the rate of £3 15s. 0d. per cent.
per annum.
In November 1883, the Vestry borrowed of the Metropolitan Board of Works the
sum of £1,800, towards defraying the expense of paving Commercial Dock-road, from
the Engineer's office, Surrey Commercial Docks to the east corner of Elgar-street, such
Loan to be repaid by twenty equal annual instalments of £90 each, on the 1st day
of October in each year, with interest at the rate of £3 10s. per cent. per annum, by
equal quarterly payments.