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Shoreditch 1877
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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SEWERS AND GENERAL RATES.
The Accountant's statement hereto appended will give the details of the receipts and expenditure on account of the Sewers and General Rates. It is only necessary here to state that the rates levied for the last two years were—
| 1877. | 1878. | |
|---|---|---|
| General in the £ | 2/ | 1/9 |
| Sewers ditto | 5d. | 6d. |
| 2/5 | 2/3 |
The total amount collected on the Vestry rates for the year
was £49,739, a reduction from the previous year of £6,433.
ASSESSMENTS.
The Valuation List for the previous year amounted to £617,135
Gross value, £497,530 Rateable value. For the present year the
amount is fixed at Gross value, £624,370; Rateable value,
£503,715; being an increase of £7,857 and £6,139 respectively.
There were no appeals against the List, either at the Special or
the Assessment Sessions.
COLLECTION OF RATES.
The improved collection of the Rates still continues. It will
be seen by the Accountant's tables that on the whole year's rates,
the last being made in December, 1877, there was on. the 25th of
March only £-214 0s. 11d. supposed to be recoverable, but unrecovered,
and of this sum some portion has since been obtained.
The amount of excused and loss from empties is a trifle higher this
3'ear than last, but this is easily to be accounted for by the prevailing
commercial depression, and by the large number of premises but
newly built, or from other causes, unoccupied, and mainly so from
the extensive Metropolitan Improvements. Upon the whole this
phase of the Vestry's financial condition may bo regarded as satisfactory.