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Shoreditch 1866

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]

Published
1867
Pages
34
Tables
19

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  • Page 9
    STATEMENT AND ACCOUNT Of all Monies received and expended during the Year ending 25th March, 1867, under the "Metropolis Local Management Act," 18th & 19 th Victoria, cap. 120.
    Cash Balances.RECEIPTS DURING THE YEAR.PAYMENTS DURING THE YEAR.Cash Balances.
    RATES, &c.March 25th, 1866.Rates, &c.Contributions.Loans and Interest.Transfer Accounts.TotalsAessments ??? Metropo-???an Board.Works.Charges on Establishment.Repayment of Loans and Interest.Transfer Accounts.Law Expenses, Committees, and other Contingencies.March 25th, 1867.Totals.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 9
    STATEMENT AND ACCOUNT Of all Arrears of Rates and other Monies owing to, and of all Debts and Liabilities owing by the Vestry of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, on the 25 th March, 1867.
    RATES, &c.Cash Balances, &c.Uncollected Rates.Contributions to be received.Totals.Tradesmen's and other Bills in Contract.Tradesmen's Bills and other obligations not in Contract.Precept & a proportion of Precept by Metropolitan Board of Works.Totals.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 10
    The following have been the rates made by the Vestry for the year ending March, 1867:
    Sewers Rate.General Rate.Main Drainage Rate.
  • Page 10
    The Main Drainage Rate Account for the year ending the 25th day of March, 1867, is as follows:
  • Page 11
    AN ACCOUNT of the Sums levied by, or in respect of Rates levied by or under the Order of the Vestry of the above Parish, under the Act 18 and 19 Vict., c. 120, and the 21 and 22 Vic., c. 104, and of the Expenditure thereof, for the year ending the 25th March, 1867.
    RECEIPTS.EXPENDITURE.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 12
    Road Materials received from the Contractors During the Year, from the 25th March , 1866, to 25th March , 1867.
    Broken Granite.Ballast.Flints.
    Midsummer, 1866At per yard.Cubic yds.At per yard.Cubic yards.At per yard.Cubic yards.
  • Page 15
    cubic yards broken granite.
  • Page 15
    Cleansing and Dusting the Parish.
  • Page 16
    The number of public lamps in the parish on the 25th March, 1867, was
  • Page 17
    Sewer Works. New Sewers have been laid down in the following places, under a schedule of prices by Mr. William Dethick, of Great Cambridge Street, and after his decease, by Mr. James Smith, of Woodland Street, Dalston.
    LOCALITY.Length and Sizes—Feet lineal.
    3-ft. 9-in. by 2-ft. 6-in. 1 brick thick3-ft. by 2-ft. 1 brick thick.2-ft. by 2-ft. ½ brick thick.15-inch pipe12-inch pipe.Gullies.Ventilating shafts.Side entrancesCost.
    £s.d.
  • Page 18
    Re-numbering Houses in the Parish. The Vestry (under the 87th Section of the 'Act to Amend the Metropolis Local Management Acts,') have given the necessary orders which have been carried out for the re-numbering the houses in the following streets, viz.:—
    Subsidiary Names Abolished.Number of Houses.
  • Page 19
    Contracts entered into by the Vestry for General Works, and Supply of Materials, For One Year, from the 25th day of March, 1866.
    DATE OF CONTRACTNAME OF CONTRACTOR.WORKS TO BE PERFORMED, OR MATERIALS SUPPLIED.
  • Page 24
    Meetings of Vestry and Committees.
  • Page 24
    The number of Gullies in the Parish is as under:
  • Page 25
    The following are the places where the Urinals are now in use:
    Will accommodate Persons.
  • Page 31
    That your committee have examined into the several applications that have been made to them from time to time, for compensation for the destruction of infected clothing, and having had the evidence of the inspector, under whose superintendence this duty had been carried out, they have awarded to the applicants the following amounts, viz:
  • Page 32
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  • Page 34
    incurred in carrying into effect the orders and regulations required under the Orders of the Privy Council, of the 21st July, 1866.
  • Page 34
    Return of the Medical Visitors for the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, of the Number of Houses Visited, Cases Attended to, &c., &c., during tho prevalence of Cholera, 1866 .
    From the 3rd August to the 20th October, 1866.Number of Houses Visited.No. of cases where the Visitors gave medicineNo. of Orders given for DispensaryNo. of Cases Treated by the Medical Practitioners.