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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 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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A.
RATES ACCOUNT.
| Sewers. | Metropolitan Consolidated. | General Rates. | Total. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount of Rate at 2s. 4d. in the £, made 20th April, 1888 | 5.755 | 6 | 2 | 23,021 | 4 | 8 | 51,797 | 15 | 6 | 80,574 | 6 | 4 |
| Arrears of former Rates | 78 | 18 | 4 | 315 | 13 | 6 | 710 | 5 | 6¾ | 1,104 | 17 | 4¾ |
| Rates on Property Assessed during the year | 57 | 8 | 3 | 229 | 13 | 0 | 516 | 14 | 3 | 803 | 15 | 6 |
| 5,891 | 12 | 9 | 23,566 | 11 | 2 | 53,024 | 15 | 3¾ | 82.482 | 19 | 2¾ | |
| * Collected during the year | 5,699 | 15 | 3 | 22,799 | 0 | 11½ | 51,297 | 17 | 24 | 79,796 | 13 | 6½ |
| Empty Houses and Losses | 142 | 18 | 7½ | 571 | 14 | 5½ | 1,286 | 7 | 7 | 2,001 | 0 | 8 |
| Arrears carried forward ... | 48 | 18 | 11 | 195 | 15 | 8¾ | 440 | 10 | 4 | 685 | 5 | 0¼ |
| £ | 5,891 | 12 | 94 | 23,566 | 11 | 2¾ 53,024 | 15 | 2½ | 82,482 | 19 | 2¾ | |
B.
PAVING.
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| French Aspbalte Company, Paving with Asphalte Greal Marlborough Street and other streets | 3.952 | 1 | 7 |
| Ditto, Repairs to Asphalte Paving, &c. | 482 | 6 | 0 |
| Improved Wood Pavement Company, Balance of Contract for Paving Regent Street with Wood | 1,564 | 7 | 0 |
| Ditto, Repairs to Wood Paving, &c. | 32 | 11 | 11 |
| J. Mowlem & Co., York Stone, Granite, &c. | 1,193 | 3 | 6 |
| Ditto, Alterations in Beak Street | 124 | 9 | 0 |
| Ditto, Paving with Wood Little Argyll Street and other places | 1,014 | 18 | 9 |
| Muldoon Bros., Lime and Cement | 11 | 9 | 4 |
| Wilkes' Metallic Paving Company, Repairs | 5 | 15 | 8 |
| Cartage and Horse Hire | 290 | 18 | 7 |
| Guard Posts for Refuges | 13 | 10 | 0 |
| Ballast | 163 | 3 | 4 |
| Wood Blocks | 145 | 0 | 2 |
| Bricks, Lime, Cement. &e. | 63 | 18 | 2 |
| Workmen's Tools | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Works Wages | 1,758 | 19 | 8 |
| Ballasting Wages | 16 | 11 | 8 |
| £10,834 | 8 | 10 |
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