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Rotherhithe 1888
[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, 1889.
PAVING AND GENERAL PURPOSES ACCOUNT.
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To Balance on 25th March, 1888 | 2173 | 16 | 11¾ | By paid Salaries | 786 | 0 | 0 |
| „ Cash from Overseers on account of Paving Rates | 18701 | 0 | 0 | „ Commission | 249 | 12 | 5 |
| „ Rent of Vestry Offices | 100 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| „ Interest on current account with London and Westminster Bank | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| „ „ Stone Yard | 48 | 13 | 11 | ||||
| „ „ Board Room at Workhouse | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| „ Contributions from Owners towards paving New Streets | 38 | 7 | 4 | ||||
| „ Paving Jobbing Works | 612 | 5 | 11 | ||||
| „ „ at Lady Dock Bridge | 134 | 13 | 9 | ||||
| „ „ Rotherhithe Street at Durand's Wharf | 525 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| „ The Churchwardens of St. Mary, Rotherhithe, on account of Plaistow Charity Estate | 70 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| „ Day Labour | 1540 | 12 | 7 | ||||
| „ Cartage | 1683 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| „ Sundry Contributions | 7 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| „ Broken Stone, &c., for Roads | 573 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| „ Watering Roads | 398 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| „ Loans repaid and Interest | 2433 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| „ Valuation Committee Expenses | 50 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| „ Removing Dust | 871 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| „ Stationery, Printing, &c. | 75 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| „ Expenses under Sale of Food and Drugs Act | 13 | 7 | 3 | ||||
| „ Expenses under Nuisances Removal Act | 88 | 17 | 9 | ||||
| „ London School Board Precept | 6902 | 13 | 10 | ||||
| „ Expenses of Ballot for Vestrymen | 59 | 17 | 5 | ||||
| „ Repairs to approach to Kings Stairs | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| „ 1000 Galvanized Iron Dust Pails | 77 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| „ Tar Paving, approach to Park from Abbeyfield Road | 41 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| „ Law Costs and Fees | 42 | 11 | 2 | ||||
| „ Ordnance Plan of the Parish, and placing New Streets thereon | 15 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| „ Tradesmen's Bills, &c. | 372 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 17728 | 13 | 4 | |||||
| 3269 | 12 | 1¾ | |||||
| '£20998 | 5 | 5¾ | 5 | 5¾ |
A length of 214 of 12-inch pipe Sewer has been laid in Renforth Street and
Risdon Street at a cost of £32 2s., £10 of which cost was contributed by the
owner of nine houses situate respectively in Renforth Street, Risdon Street, and
Mary Street, for the drainage of the same into the said pipe Sewer.
Paving Works.
The following materials have been used during the year, viz.:—
Broken Guernsey Granite 480 cubic yards.
Gravel and Hoggin 333 „
Slop and snow carted 10235 loads.
Water for watering roads 8908 van loads.
Broken Stone 89 loads.
Hard Core 20 „
Bombay Stone 51 „
Materials carted 520 „
Flints 52 „
The paving of the carriageway, Commercial Dock Road, at the west approach
to Lady Dock Bridge, has been relaid to an improved level, the old material being
used as far as it would go, and the residue paved with new stone at a cost of
£134 13s. 9d.
A concrete floor upon iron girders has been executed in the covered approach
to King's Stairs, Rotherhithe Street, at a cost of £27.
The carriageway and footways, Rotherhithe Street, at Messrs. Burt s premises,
Durand's Wharf, Section No. 2, has been repaved under a contract with Mr.
James Henry Etheridge, Pavior, at a cost of £525 15s.
The carriageway of Dodd's Place, Clarence Street, has been paved with some
of the old stone removed from Rotherhithe Street. The footways were also
curbed and made up; and some York paving laid in the footway in Forsyth Street
at the corner next Dodd's Place, previously unpaved, at a cost of £45 8s.
Acorn Place, Trinity Road, has been made up, repaved, and drained, the
owners of the property having entered into agreements to pay the estimated amount