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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 1885
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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PARISH OF ST, JAMES, WESTMINSTER.
| Assets. | £ | s. | d. | Liabilities. | £ | s. | d. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance in Treasurer's hands | 13,548 | 8 | 6 | St. Marylebone Vestry—Management of South side of Oxford Street, cost for year ended Christmas, 1885, as per precept | 800 | 0 | 0 |
| Do. in hand on Account of Wages | 20 | 8 | 7 | ||||
| Do. Do. on Account of Petty Cash | 9 | 7 | 7 | Contractors (Mowlem A Co.), Wood Paving, Repairs, | 802 | 1 | 1 |
| Arrears of Rates | 1,015 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Works done for Gas and Water Companies | 255 | 7 | 1 | Do. (Covington), Dusting and Slopping | 1,066 | 13 | 4 |
| Grant of Scaffold Licenses, Paving Deposits, &c. | 126 | 16 | 1 | Do. (Mead), Street Watering | 32 | 2 | 0 |
| Do. (French Asphalte Paving Company) | 81 | 13 | 6 | ||||
| Wood Paving Blocks | 38 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Cartage of Materials | 222 | 18 | 8 | ||||
| Removal of Snow | 859 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Cement, Ballast, Sand, &c. | 205 | 8 | 1 | ||||
| Orderly Bins | 6 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Repaint to Sweeping Machine | 16 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Mears, Sewers Contractor | 202 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Do. (Works on Account of Loan of £7,700) | 633 | 10 | 8 | ||||
| Carbolic Acid | 13 | 15 | 4 | ||||
| Gully Grates, Sewers Pipes, Timber for Shoring Purposes, &c. | 56 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| Sowers Boots | 4 | 13 | 6 | ||||
| Stationer, Bookbinder, Printer, Ac. | 67 | 18 | 6 | ||||
| Carpenter, Smith, Bricklayer, Plumber, Ac. | 81 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Gas Light and Coke Company, Gasfitter, Lamps, Ac. | 814 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| Veterinary Surgeon, Horse Fodder, Ac. | 33 | 17 | 9 | ||||
| Advertising | 31 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Registrar—Returns of Births and Deaths | 0 | 18 | 8 | ||||
| Cleaning Windows, Ac. | 1 | 13 | 6 t A | ||||
| J. II. Morgan, late Sanitary Inspector | 7 | 8 | 10 | ||||
| Rate Collectors—Second Moiety of Allowance for Collecting Sewers, Metropolitan Consolidated and General Rates | 800 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Expenses on Collection of | 34 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Water to Urinals | 85 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| Coal Merchant, Oilman, &c. | 17 | 6 | 15 | ||||
| Salt, for purpose of dissolving snow | 26 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Letters for street Names | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 6,931 | 13 | 2 | |||||
| Excess of Assets over Liabilities | 9,040 | 16 | 10 | ||||
| £14,975 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||