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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£294 lias 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
for the improvement of Rotherhithe-street at the Gas Works and at Carolina Wharf,
leaving £1,800 to be repaid by the 43 consecutive annual instalments of £42 each, with
interest at the rate of £3 15s. per cent, per annum.
£2,314 5s. 6d. has been paid off the Loan of £2,700 borrowed in January, 1880 of
Mr. Reuben Henry Williams, for defraying the cost of paving work executed in Unionroad,
Deptford Lower-road, Rotherhithe New-road, Plough-road and Commercial Dockroad,
leaving £385 14s. Gd. to be repaid by one annual instalment, with interest at the
rate ot £4 4s. 6d. per cent. per annum.
£500 has been paid off the Loan of £2,000 borrowed in November, 1881, of the
Metropolitan Board of Works, towards defraying the expenses of paving the carriageway
and footways in Rotherhithe-street, at the Gas Works and Carolina Wharf, leaving
£1,500 to be repaid by 15 consecutive annual instalments of £100 each, on the 31st day
of October in each year, with interest at the rate of £3 15s. per cent. per annum.
£270 has been paid off the Loan of £1,800 borrowed in November, 1883, of the
Metropolitan Board of Works, towards defraying the expense of paving Commercial
Dock-road from the Engineer's Office, Surrey Commercial Docks, to the east corner of
Elgar-street, leaving £1,530 to be repaid by 17 consecutive annual instalments of £90
each, on the 1st day ot October in each year, with interest at the rate ot £3 l0s. per
cent. per annum.
£9 has been paid off the Loan of £250 borrowed in July, 1885, towards defraying
a portion ot the expense of the purchase of a house, 69, Abbeytield-road, for the
formation on the site thereof of a passage way from the said Abbeytield-road to the
wicket gate entrance to Southwark Lark in Dilston-grove, leaving £241 to be repaid
by 29 consecutive annual instalments, on the 1st day of April in each year, with interest
at the rate of £3 10s. per cent. per annum.
In October 1886, £4,000 was borrowed of the Metropolitan Board of Words,
towards defraying the expense of paving the carriageway Rotherhithe New-road from
Bush-load westwaid, to the viaduct of the South Eastern Railway, also the carriageway
ot Raymouth-road, to be repaid by 20 consecutive annual instalments of £200 each, on
the o 1st day oi July in each year, the first of such annual instalments to be paid on the
31st July, 1887, and interest at ths rate of £3 10s. per cent. per annum, by equal
quarterly payments on 31st January, 30th April, 31st July, and 31st October in each
year.
Charity Estates-
The accounts of Messrs. Edmund Runiney Smith and Francis Thomas Talbot,
Churchwardens of the Parish of St. Mary, Rotherhithe, for the year 1886-7, have been
audited, and the following is a copy of the Charities' Account.
Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875,
The following are copies of Dr. John Muter's (the Analyst,) Reports:—
Report of the Public Analyst appointed for the Parish of Rotherhithe, Surrey, upon the Articles analysed by him under the above Act, during the Quarter ending the 31st March, 1886.
| Articles submitted for Analysis | By whom submitted. | Result of Analysis. | The sum paid in respect of the Analysis. | Observations. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandy | Local Authority. | Genuine | 10/6 |