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St James's 1889

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]

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140
APPENDICES.
A.
RATES ACCOUNT.
Sewers.
Metropolitan
Consolidated.
General
Rates.
Total.
Amount of Rates made 10th
May, 1889
2,933
7
4
7,333
8
4
48,400
11
0
58,667
6
8
Arrears of former Rates
48
18
11
195
15

440
10
5
6S5
5

Rates on Property Assessed
during the year
28
13
71
13

473
1
81
573
8
9
3,010
19
81¼
7,600
17

49,314
3

59,926
0

*Collected during the year
2,876
1
7
7,190
3
11½
47,455
5
6
57,521
11

Empty Houses and Losses
80
6
10½
200
17
1,325
13
9
1,606
17

Arrears carried forward
39
17
7
99
13
11
658
0
1
797
11
7
2,996
6

7,490
15

49,438
19
4
59,926
0

*The Amount of Rates paid to the Treasurer during the year was £57,452 0s. 4d.
The sum of £69 10s. 8½d. was in the hands of one of the Rate Collectors on the 25th
March, but was not paid to the Treasurer until the following day.
B.
PAVING.
£
s.
d.
French Asphalte Co., Paving with Asphalte Bentinck Street
and other streets
1,861
3
5
Ditto, Repairs to Asphalte Paving
804
8
10
Improved Wood Pavement Co., Repairs to Wood Paving
6
4
5
Ditto, Wood Paving Blocks
270
6
4
J. Mowlem and Co., York Stone, Granite, &c.
1,311
19
2
Cartage and Horse-hire
315
18
0
Ballast
303
16
10
Lime, Cement, &c.
187
12
0
Guard Posts for Refuges
18
2
10
Workmen's Tools, &c.
2
11
0
Works Wages
2,080
3
Ballasting Wages
27
10
3
Wages for Dressing Pitching Stone
80
18
9
2,188
12

£7,270
14
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