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Shoreditch 1862
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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PARISH RATES.
The total amount of assessment on the property in the parish,
according to the rateable value, is £281,162.
The following rates have been made by the Vestry for the year ending March, 1863:
| Sewers Rate at 4do in the pound, for the yearo | |||||||||
| Lighting Rate at 5do ditto ditto | |||||||||
| General Rate at 13do ditto ditto | |||||||||
| Sewerso | Lightingo | Generalo | |||||||
| Midsummer 1862 | 1150 | 7 | 6 | 2303 | 17 | 6 | 3455 | 16 | 3 |
| Michaelmas „ | 1156 | 18 | 1 | 1158 | 9 | 4 | 4633 | 17 | 4 |
| Christmas „ | 1160 | 15 | 7 | 1162 | 6 | 10 | 3487 | 0 | 6 |
| Lady-day 1863 | 1165 | 7 | 0 | 1166 | 18 | 3 | 3500 | 14 | 9 |
| £4633 | 8 | 2 | 5791 | 11 | 11 | 15077 | 8 | 10 | |
The loss by removals, excused, &c., upon the collection for the
quarter ending Christmas 1862, has been about £2 5s. 6d. per cent.
MAIN DRAINAGE RATE.
The Vestry have made a Rate of 3d, in the pound to pay the
amount of the Precept issued by the Metropolitan Board, for the sum of
£3322 3s. as the proportion to be paid by this parish towards the yearly
expanses of the Board, in regard to the Main Drainage of the Metropolis
to the 1st August, 1863.
One penny of such rate was collected with the Christmas 1862 rates,
and Twopence collected with the Lady-day 1863 rates.
Balance in hand 29th September 1862 557 8 11
Amount of Rate made by the Vestry at 3d.
in the pound 3491 9 7
Uncollected on the 25th March 1863 2319 19 4—1171 10 3
£1728 19 2
The Vestry paid the sum of £1895 6s. 5d. to the Metropolitan
Board of works, on the 31st July, 1862, being the proportion to be paid
by this parish towards the general expenses of the Board, for the year
1862, upon a Precept dated the 10th January 1862.
Another Precept has been received from the Metropolitan Board of
Works, for the sum of £2462 12s. 11d. dated January 1863, for the
general expenses of the Board, for the year 1863, this amount is due on
the 24th June, 1863.