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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St James's 1879
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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| RECEIPTS. | £ | s. | d. | PAYMENTS. | £ | s. | d. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance in Treasurer's hands, brought forward | 3,545 | 8 | 0 | Contractors (Mowlem & Co.) for Paving, broken Granite, Lime, Sand, &c. | 4,634 | 12 | 3 |
| Sewers, Metropolitan Consolidated and General Rates of the year 1878, collected to the 30th of May, 1879 | 2,229 | 6 | 6 | Wood Paving Relaid | 19 | 6 | 6 |
| Contract for laying Pall Mall with Wood Paving (Balance of Account | 1,245 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Sewers, Metropolitan Consolidated and General Rates of the year 1879, collected to the 25th of March, 1880 | 40,345 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| St. Marylebone Yestry—Oxford Street management for the year 1878 | 1,063 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| Sewers, Metropolitan Consolidated and General Rates, Arrears of the year 1878 | 116 | 15 | 1 | Posts, &c., for Refuges | 11 | 12 | 5 |
| Horse Hire, for Carting Materials, Sweeping and Scraping Machines, &c. | 93 | 14 | 10 | ||||
| Works done for Gas and Water Companies | 836 | 7 | 2 | ||||
| Vestry Surveyor, on grant of Scaffold Licences, Deposits on Account of Pavement disturbed for Building and Drainage purposes, and for Paving Accounts, &c. ... | 172 | 3 | 7 | Purchase of Horse | 78 | 15 | 0 |
| Horse Expenses | 146 | 5 | 11 | ||||
| Works Wages | 2,743 | 19 11 | |||||
| Trustees of Archbishop Tenison's Chapel (now St. Thomas's Church), one year's Nominal Rent of Ground and Porches in King Street, to Midsummer, 1879 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Carting Slop | 3,750 | 0 | 0 |
| Dust Removal | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sweepers' Wages | 1,548 | 13 | 3 | ||||
| Vestry Clerk, re-imbursement of Advance for Wages | 200 | 0 | 0 | Street Watering, Carts and Men | 463 | 0 | 0 |
| Income Tax Commissioners, for use of Vestry Hall, one year to Michaelmas, 1879 | 5 | 5 | 0 | Water Supply | 471 | 19 | 6 |
| Hydraulic Engineer | 69 | 13 | 6 | ||||
| St. G. Lane Fox, Repairs to Lamps in Pall Mall | 19 | 0 | 0 | Sewers Works, Water to Urinals, Flushing, &c. | 934 | 8 | 5 |
| Waste Paper, Sale of | 0 | 7 | 4 | Sewers Wages | 233 | 2 | 11 |
| Gas Supply, Lighting, &c. | 2,733 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| London Life Association, Interest—half a year at 5 per cent. on £900—£22 10s., Balance of Loan of £6,000, for building Vestry Hall, less Income Tax, 9s. 4d. | 22 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| London Life Association, Eighteenth Annual Instalment in Repayment of Loan of £6,000, for building Vestry Hall | 300 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| London Life Association, Interest—half a year at 5 per cent. on £600—Balance of said Loan of £6,000, less Income Tax, 6s. 3d. | 14 | 13 | 9 | ||||
| Carried forward | £47,469 | 17 | 8 | Carried forward | £21,727 | 13 | 6 |
JOSEPH STANDISH,
JOSEPH BOX,
WM. FROHLICH, JUN.,
Auditors.