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Shoreditch 1866
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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There is one man employed to cleanse the Urinals (14) belonging
to the Vestry. (This man has been placed under the control of the
Sanitary Committee.)
The Surveyor has 3 men employed in flushing the Sewers in the
parish, also a bricklayer and laborer generally employed on sewers work.
The expense of maintaining the roads thrown upon the Parish by
the 26th and 27th vic. cap. 78, being the "Metropolis Turnpike Roads
Acts Amendment Act," for the year ending the 25th March, 1867, is
£2383 15s. 3d. thus apportioned.
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. | ||
| Balance in hand from last Account | 21863 | 12 | 8 | Repairs, Maintenance of Highways, Roads, Streets Paths, Ac., | |||
| and for Cleansing and Watering Roads | 17870 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Rates or Assessments:— | Lighting and Works connected therewith | 5157 | 15 | 5 | |||
| General and Lighting Rates | 24290 | 17 | 10 | Sewage and Drainage Works | 2917 | 17 | |
| Sewers Rates | 7451 | 0 | 10 | Payments to Metropolitan Board on account of Main Drainage other Payments to Metropolitan Board | 8859 | 13 | 2 |
| Salaries | 2602 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Main Drainage Rates | 5070 | 10 | 3 | Collectors Poundage | 918 | 12 | 4 |
| Receipts on account of Highways, Roads, Streets, &c | 644 | 8 | 0 | Law Expenses | 81 | 7 | 10 |
| Interest and Annuities | 2141 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Ditto Improvements, Interest, Private Works, | Loans Repaid | 2433 | 6 | 8 | |||
| Improvements (not included under the foregoing heads)* | 11050 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Incidentals, &c. | 759 | 14 | 4 | Other Payments | 1582 | 6 | |
| Money borrowed during the year | 10,000 | 0 | 0 | Total amount expended | 55614 | 15 | 8 |
| Balances in hand at the close of this account | 14465 | 8 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 70089 | 3 | 11 | Total | 70080 | 3 | 11 |
| Signed W. G. DAVIS, | |||||||
| Liabilities at the close of this account: | |||||||
| 37, Hoxton Square. | |||||||
| Bonded or Mortgage Debt | 49316 | 13 | 4 | Dated the 29th day of June, 1867. | |||
Cleansing and Dusting the Parish.
Amount paid Mr. H. Dodd for cleansing the roads,
removing the dust, &c., for the quarter to Midsummer,
1866
£1755
4
1
Amount paid the Contractor for cleansing the paved
streets, removing dust, &c., for the
Quarter to Michaelmas, 1866 .
£750
0
0
Ditto Christmas, 1866 .
750
0
0
Ditto Lady-day, 1867 .
750
0
0
2250
0
0
Amount paid, being the cost of cleansing the Macadamized
and Ballast roads in the parish for the
Quarter to Michaelmas, 1866 .
£709
6
11
Ditto Christmas, 1866 .
913
3
1
Ditto Lady-day, 1867 .
962
8
10
2584
18
10
Making a total cost of £6590 2s. 11d. for the year.