London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Clerkenwell 1884
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]
This page requires JavaScript
53
Surveyor's Report
To the Vestry of the Parish of Saint James and
Saint John, Clerkenwell.
Surveyor's Office,
Vestry Hall,
Clerkenwell,
6th August, 1885.
Gentlemen,
I beg to lay before you my Report upon the
Works, &c., executed by your Vestry during the
year ending Lady-day, 1885,
SEWERS AND GULLIES.
One hundred and seven Sewers were cleansed and
repaired, and 105 loads of soil removed, two new side
entrance covers were fixed, six new gullies were
constructed, 246 cleansed and repaired, and eight
trapped, eight new gulley grates and 19 new air
grates were fixed, and two flushing shafts constructed.
Continued from previous page...
| Receipts—continued. | £ | s. | d. | Expenditure—continued. | £ | s. | d. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 1,028 | 3 | 10 | Brought forward | 2,168 | 19 | 6 | 2,116 | 10 | 0 |
| Stone Carting | 20 | 12 | 0 | |||||||
| Wheelwright | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 2192 | 11 | 6 | ||||||||
| Horse hire for Watering | 225 | 5 | 7 | |||||||
| Rota Committee Expenses | 20 | 17 | 2 | |||||||
| Barges, removing hardcore | 25 | 10 | 0 | |||||||
| Harness and Repairs | 46 | 11 | 1 | |||||||
| Shovels, Scoops, &c. | 16 | 10 | 7 | |||||||
| Ladders and Baskets | 7 | 2 | 11 | |||||||
| Linoleum. &c., for Office at 27, Commercial Road | 9 | 7 | I | |||||||
| Loin Cloths, Van Covers, and Dustmen's Jackets | 14 | 16 | 8 | |||||||
| Other small payments, including Mr. Gore's Petty Cash | 54 | 10 | 6 | |||||||
| Balance, or the net charge for the year | 4,135 | 9 | 3 | |||||||
| One year's depreciation | 434 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| £5,163 | 13 | 1 | £5,163 | 13 | 1 | |||||