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Rotherhithe 1886
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF ROTHERHITHE, SURREY. SUMMARY STATEMENT. ONE YEAR ENDING 25th MARCH. 1887.
Paving and General Purposes Account.
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To Balance oil 25th March, 1886 | 2114 | 13 | 03/4 | By paid Salaries | 786 | 0 | 0 |
| ,, Cash from Overseers on account of Paving Rates | 18631 | 0 | 0 | ,, Commission | 248 | 3 | 2 |
| ,, Interest on current account with London and Westminster Bank | 30 | 0 | 0 | ,, Rent of Vestry Offices | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| ,, „ Stone Yard | 48 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| ,, „ Board Room at Workhouse | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| „ The Metropolitan Board of Works Loan towards paving the carriageways of a portion of Rotherhithe New Road, and the Raymouth Road | 4000 | 0 | 0 | „ Paving Jobbing Works | 788 | 0 | 5 |
| " " Rotherhithe New Road, (part of) | 2015 | 19 | 0 | ||||
| ,, ,, Raymouth Road | 900 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| „ Contributions from Owners towards cost of paving new streets | 687 | 15 | 0 | ,, ,, Eugenia Road | 733 | 1 | 2 |
| ,, Day Labour | 1747 | 16 | 2 | ||||
| „ The Churchwardens of St. Mary, Rotherhithe, on account of Plaistow Charity Estate | 70 | 0 | 0 | „ Cartage | 1813 | 1 | 2 |
| ,, Broken Stone for Roads | 501 | 0 | |||||
| ,, Fees under the Canal Boats Registration Act | 2 | 0 | 0 | ,, Watering Roads | 509 | 14 | 4 |
| ,, Loans and Interest | 2723 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| ,. Fines under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act | 1 | 2 | 0 | ,, Valuation Committee Expenses | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| ,, Rents | 1 | 5 | 0 | ,, Removing Dust | 1127 | 5 | 0 |
| ,, Sundry Contributions | 3 | 16 | 11 | ,, Stationery, Printing, &c. | 47 | 12 | 9 |
| ,, Expenses under Sale of Food and Drugs Act | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| ,, Expenses under Nuisances Removal and Sanitary Acts | 14 | 11 | |||||
| ,, London School Board Precept | 7561 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| ,, Expenses of Ballot for Vestrymen | 39 | 12 | 10 | ||||
| ,, Expenses under the Canal Boat Registration Act | 8 | 0 | |||||
| ,, Expenses of Perambulation of the boundaries of the Parish | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| „ Legal Expenses | 12 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| „ Tradesmen's Bills, Ac | 19 | 2 | |||||
| 22202 | 7 | 4 | |||||
| 3339 | 4 | ||||||
| £25541 | 11 | 113/4 | £25541 | 11 | 113/4 |
The Surveyor of Sewers having on the 22nd June, 1886, reported to the Vestry,
he had considered the Reports of the Metropolitan Boards Committee on the Ventilation
of Sewers, and was strongly of opinion that no precise rule can be laid down for the
Metropolis, as all vary by the several local circumstances affecting the same but was
confident that there is no better plan than the adoption of stand-pipes at cross-ways
and by sides of buildings, with Exhaust Cowls continually working ; it was
Resolved, that the said Report of the Surveyor of Sewers be adopted, and that a
copy thereof be forwarded to the Metropolitan Board of Works.
Paving Works.
The following materials have been used during the year, viz:—
Broken Guernsey granite 154 cubic yards
Gravel and Hoggin 223 ,,
Slop and snow carted 15000 loads
Water for watering roads 10300 van loads
Broken stone 35 loads
Croydon gravel 25 „
Bombay stone 55 „
Sifted stone 664 „
The Vestry having resolved to pave the carriageway of Rotherhithe New-road, from
Bush-road westward, to the viaduct of the South Eastern Railway, also the carriageway
of Raymouth-road, with 4 by 7 Guernsey Granite Cubes, and the said works having
been approved by the Metropolitan Board of Works, that Board lent the Vestry the
sum of £4000 to defray the cost thereof upon mortgage of the Paving and General
Purposes Rates of the Parish ; such sum to be repaid by twenty annual instalments of
£200 each, with interest at the rate af £3 10s. per cent. per annum. The work has
been carried out under contract with Messrs. Turner & Sons, of Stanley Bridge Wharf,
Chelsea, (for particulars of Contract see page 7).
On the completion of the paving in Raymouth-road, Messrs. Turner it Son, the
Contractors, having a surplus quantity of stone left from the work, they offered to lay
the said stone in the Parish where directed at 9s. 2d. per superficial yard, according to
the Schedule attached to their Contract. The Vestry thereupon gave Messrs. Turner
& Son directions to lay the said stone as far as it would go at the entrance to the
Deptford Old-road and the Hawkstone-road respectively, at the price before mentioned,
and the work was carried out at a total cost of £240 15s. 2d.