Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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The Rateable Value of the Parish is made up as follows:—
Railways | £59,770 |
Gas Company | 28,344 |
Water Companies | 7,350 |
Tramway Company | 2,500 |
Regent's Canal Company | 738 |
Board Schools | 5,552 |
Hoxton House Asylum | 1,000 |
Theatres and Taverns attached thereto | 3,322 |
The Town Hall | 1,000 |
Other Assessments of £500 and upwards,
including Model Dwellings of that value 20,896
The Workhouse and Infirmary belonging to the
Holborn Union in the City Road, is by
Local Act rated at £19 only.
The Shoreditch Workhouse and Infirmary is not
Assessed.
The total of the above is £130,472, which shows that the
ordinary Assessments, under £500, amount to £454,980.
The Great Eastern Railway, including Low Level Station, Line
and Goods Station, has been assessed as follows (partly by
agreement):—
Low Level Station £900
Line 3,300
Goods Station 10,640
Arches (partially let) 790
The Company intimated their intention to appeal against the
assessment for the "Line," but no official notice has yet been
served.