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Clerkenwell 1881

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]

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Q.— No. 6.— Total amount expended
in Sewerage, Paving,
and other Improvements
?
A.— According to Answers to Questions
1, 3, 4 and 5 as above, exclusive
of contributions to the
Metropolitan Board of Work
and other items of general expenditure
£80739 17 0
Of this amount—
There has been paid out of the Rates £51739 17 0
There has been paid by means of Loans 29000 0 0
Of these Loans there has been repaid 8583 6 8
Total receipts for all purposes during the period in
question 288376 1 9
Expenditure 287611 7 3
Balance in hand 764 14 6
Q.— No. 7.— What was the
mileage of the Streets and
Roadways under your jurisdiction
on 1st January,
1856, and what is the present
mileage ?
A.— 19 miles, 5 furlongs, and 199
yards in 1856, and the same now.
Q.— No. 8.— What part Of this A.— No increase has taken place
increase has been occasioned since 1856.
by the abolition of Turnpike
Tolls ?
[Toll-gates in this parish were abolished many years ago (in 1830),
since which time four roads, formerly turnpike roads, viz., Pentonville
Road, Saint John Street Road, Goswell Road, and Bagnigge Wells
Road (now King's Cross Road), have been maintained by the Parish.