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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 Giles (Camden) 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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Comparative S tatement of I ncome and Expenditure—
| EXPENDITURE. | Year ending 25th March, 1899. | Year endiug 25th March, 1900. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expenditure of this Board: | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
| Salaries and Superannuation Allowance | 4,484 | 13 | 4 | 4,672 | 8 | 8 |
| Paving (including restoration of disturbed paving) | 15,887 | 14 | 8 | 22,877 | 7 | 8 |
| Cleansing (including Snow Clearing) | 7,880 | 5 | 5 | 8,893 | 19 | 9 |
| Dusting | 3,659 | 16 | 3 | 3,859 | 6 | a |
| Lighting | 4,577 | 3 | 8 | 4,764 | 6 | 7 |
| Watering | 1 3t59 | 10 | 3 | 1,305 | 5 | 1 |
| Stone Yard and Premises (including Mortuary and Coroner's Court) | 523 | 5 | 9 | 638 | 13 | 3 |
| Miscellaneous Expenses | 1,001 | 18 | 11 | 1,356 | 14 | 4 |
| Legal and Parliamentary | 240 | 1 | 10 | 952 | 3 | 5 |
| Loans—Repayments and Interest (on General Account) | 338 | 4 | 3 | 1,076 | 1 | 10 |
| St. Giles Churchyard | 149 | 13 | 1 | 297 | 5 | 0 |
| Sewer Account, Wages and Materials for Repairs (including Cost of House Drain Connections) | 2,274 | 8 | 11 | 2,432 | 5 | 6 |
| New Sewers | 1,983 | 15 | 6 | 2,847 | 17 | 4 |
| Shaftesbury Avenue Lavatory— Supplies, Maintenance, and Loan Repayment New Oxford Street Lavatory— | 547 | 7 | 4 | 638 | 2 | 10 |
| Supplies, Maintenance and Loan Repayment | 751 | 3 | 7 | 937 | 9 | 3 |
| High Holborn Lavatory—Supplies Maintenance and Loan Repayment | 684 | 16 | 0 | 703 | 12 | 8 |
| Jubilee Commemoration Drinking Fountain | 21 | 10 | 0 | — | ||
| Short's Gardens Improvement—1899 | 700 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| Purchase and Costs of Property in High Holborn | 17,280 | 2 | 0 | 5,719 | 8 | 3 |
| Total Expenditure of the Board | £'64,355 | 10 | 9 | £63,972 | 7 | 5 |
| Expenditure over which this Board has no Control: | ||||||
| School Board for London | 22,593 | 18 | 9 | 24,560 | 17 | 9 |
| Commissioners of Public Libraries and Museums | 1,994 | 8 | 9 | 1,498 | 17 | 4 |
| Foundling Estate Bond Interest | 269 | 16 | 9 | 269 | 16 | 9 |
| Brunswick Square Garden Committee | 30 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| £89,243 | 15 | 0 | £90,337 | 19 | 3 | |
| Cash Balance carried forward at end of the year | 7,751 | 4 | 0 | 1,822 | 19 | 4 |
| £96,994 | 19 | 0 | £92,160 | 18 | 7 | |
During the year, Mr. Thomas Partridge Scrivener,
F.C.A., who had for over 30 years acted as Chartered
Accountant in the checking of the Board's Cash Accounts,
died, and his principal assistant, Mr. A. Gr. Warren, A.C.A.,.