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Rotherhithe 1888

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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£378 has been paid off the loan of £2,100 borrowed in August, 1880, of the
late 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 £1,722 to be repaid by 41 consecutive annual instalments
of £42, each with interest at the rate of £3 15s. per cent. per annum.
£700 has been paid off the loan of £2,000 borrowed in November, 1881, of
the late Metropolitan Board of Works, towards defraying the expense of paving
the carriageway and footways in Rotherhithe Street at the Gas Works and
Carolina Wharf, leaving £1,300 to be paid off by 13 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.
£450 has been paid off the loan of £1,800 borrowed in November, 1883, of
the late Metropolitan Board of Works, towards defraying the expenses of paving
Commercial Dock Road, from the Engineer's office, Surrey Commercial Docks, to
the east corner of Elgar Street, leaving £1,350 to be repaid by 15 consecutive
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.
£27 has been paid off the loan of £250 borrowed in July, 1885, of the late
Metropolitan Board of Works, towards defraying a portion of the expense of the
purchase of a house, No 69, Abbeyfreld Road, for the formation, on the site thereof,
of a passageway from the said Abbeyfreld Road to the wicket-gate entrance to
Southwark Park, in Dilston Grove, leaving £223 to be repaid by 27 consecutive
annual instalments on the 1st day of April in each year, with interest at the rate of
£3 10s. per cent. per annum.
£400 has been paid off the loan of £4,000 borrowed in October, 1886, of the
late Metropolitan Board of Works, towards defraying the expense of paving
the carriageway, Rotherhithe New Road, from Bush Road, westward, to the
viaduct of the South Eastern Railway, also the carriageway of Raymouth Road,
leaving £3,600 to be repaid by 18 consecutive annual instalments of £200 each
on the 31st July in each year, and interest at the 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.
Charitv Estates.
The accounts of Messrs. Edmund Rumney Smith and Francis Thomas Talbot,
Churchwardens of the Parish of St. Mary, Rotherhithe, for the year 1888-9, have
been audited, and the following is a copy of the Charities' Account:

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 30th September, 1888.

Articles submitted for Analysis.By whom submitted.Result of Analysis.The sum paid in respect of the Analysis.Observations.
AleInspector of Rotherhithe Vestry.Genuine10/-It is to be noted that however much the Public Analyst may suspect the addition of water to beer, he has no power to prove it There is no legal standard for the strength of beer, and the only persons who can satisfactorily make even an attempt to deal with the matter are the Officers of the Excise, who have the power to enter the cellars and seize samples from broken and unbroken casks of the same delivery. Brewers will also assist the Excise by proving the strength of the beer as they delivered it but, so far as I know, they decline to thus assist the Parish Officers in this way, and even if they did, the vendor could not be made to criminate himself by showing where he purchased the article sold.
Aledittosuspected as reduced by water to some extent10/-
MilkdittoGenuine10/-
Milkdittoditto10/-
Milkdittoditto10/-
Milkdittoditto10/-
Milkdittoditto10/-
Milkditto13 % of added water & 1/3 of cream extracted.10 /-