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Shoreditch 1884

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

Published
1885
Pages
108
Tables
72

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  • Page 10
    Tho valuation of tho Parish for Assessment purposos is as follows, as compared with tho corresponding period of the previous year—
    List in forco—April, 1884.April, 1885.Increase.
  • Page 10
    The number of Assessments and tho Rateable Value of each Ward, omitting such of the Gas, Water, Railway and other Assessments, as aro included in several Wards, are as follows: —
    Number of Assessments.Rateable Vulue.
  • Page 12
    Hoxton Division.
    Population as per Census of 1881.Electors on tho Register for 1884 (not including lodgers).
  • Page 13
    Haggerston Division.
  • Page 19
    SUN STREET IMPROVEMENT. FROM THE PUBLISHED STATEMENT OF THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. Pursuant to Act 39 and 40, Vic., cap. lxxix. (27th June, 1876).
    Dr.£s.d.Cr.
    To Receipts—£sd.£s.d.
  • Page -
    Collection of Rates for the Quarter??? y-day, 1884, to Midsummer, 1884. RATES IN THE £—POOR -SEVEN PENCE??? RAL—SIX PENCE; SEWERS-TWO PENCE.
    WARD.COLLECTOR.ARREARS.RATES TO MIDSUMMER-DAY, 1884.Carried forward to Michaelmas Rate.
    Outstanding at the closing of the Lady-day Rate.Collected.LossStill Outstanding.Amount Assem as ??? Value Lx??????nut of ???tes ???the ???ter to lmmor.Collected.Allowances to Owners, 25 per cent.Exoused.Losses by Empties, &c.Losses by Removal.IrrecoverableArrears outstanding on Rate to Midsummer day.
    No Effects and Insolvencies
    £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 -
    Collection of Rates for the Quarter ???aelmas, 1884, to Christmas, 1884. RATES IN THE £ POOR-SIX PENCE; ??? SEVEN PENCE; SEWERS-TWO PENCE.
    WARD.COLLECTOR.ARREARS.RATES TO CHRISTMAS-DAY.Carried forward to Lady-day Rate.
    Outstanding at the cloning of the Michaclmas-day Rate.Collected.Loss.Still Oatstanding.Amor??? Assea??? as ??? Valu??? L???Collected.Allowances to Owners, 25 per cent.Excused.Losses by Empties, &c.Losses by Removal.IrrecoverableArrears outstanding on Bate to Christmas.
    No Effects and Insolvences.
    £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 20
    POOR RATE. A COPY of an Abstract Statement of the amount levied in respect of Poor Rates, and the Expenditure thereof, under the Order of the Vestry, for the Half-year ended 29th September, 1884.
    RECEIPTS.EXPENDITURE.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 21
    VESTRY OF ST. LEONARD, SHOREDITCH. POOR RATE. A COPY of an Abstract Statement of the amount levied in respect of Poor Rates, and the Expenditure thereof, under the Order of the Vestry, for the Half-year ended 25th March, 1885.
    RECEIPTS.EXPENDITURE.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 22 23
    SEWERS RATE. (Including: Metropolitan Consolidated Rate.) Account in Abstract, showing the Receipts and Expenditure, for the Vestry of the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, for the Year ended 25th March, 1885.
    Receipts.Expenditure.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 24 25
    SEWERS RATE.—Continued.
    Receipts.Expenditure.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 26 27
    GENERAL RATE. Account in Abstract, showing the Receipts and Expenditure of the Vestry of the Parish of Saint Leonard Shoreditch, for the year ending 25th March , 1885.
    Receipts.Expenditure.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 28 29
    GENERAL RATE— Continued.
    Receipts.Expenditure.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 30 31
    GENERAL RATE. — Continued.
    Receipts.Expenditure.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 32 33
    GENERAL RATE. — Continued.
    Receipts.Expenditure.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 34 35
    GENERAL RATES .— Continued.
    Receipts.Expenditure.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 36 37
    GENERAL RATE. — Continued.
    Receipts.Expenditure.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 38 39
    BURIAL BOARD.
    Receipts.Expenditure.
    £s.d£s.d.
  • Page 40 41
    STATEMENT of ASSETS and LIABILITIES of the Vestry of the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, on the 25th March, 1885.
    Assets.Liabilities.
    SEWERSRATE.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 42
    STATEMENT OF THE INDEBTEDNESS OF THE VESTRY IN RESPECT OF LOANS, ON THE 23th MARCH, 1885.
    No. of Loan.From whom borrowed.Date when Borrowed.Purpose.Period.Amount.Kate of Interest per cent., and how payable.Repaid.Unpaid.
  • Page 43
    Analyst's Report for Quarter ending the 29th day of September, 1884.
    Date of receipt by Analyst of the Article to be Analysed.Name of Person from whom the Article was received.Number marked on the parcel containing the Article by which it is to be identified by the Inspector, in lieu of the name of the person from whom it was procured.Article receivedResult of Analysis specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredients, detected in such article (if any,Observations.
  • Page 44
    Analyst's Report for Quarter ending 29th day of September , 1884.— continued.
    Date of receipt by Analyst of the Article to be Analysed.Name of Person from whom the Article was received.Number marked on the parcel containing the Article by which it is to be indentified by the Inspector in lieu of the name of the person from whom it was procured.Article received.Result of Analysis specifying the nature and kind of Foreign Ingredients, detected in such article (if any).Observations.
  • Page 45
    Analyst's Report for Quarter ending the 25th day of December, 1884.
    Date of receipt by Analyst of the Article to be Analysed.Name of Person from whom the Article was received.Number marked on the parcel containing the Article by which it is to be identified by the Inspector, in lieu of the name of the person from whom it was procured.Article received.Result of Analysis specifying the nature and kind of Foreign Ingredients, detected in such article (if any).Observations.
  • Page 46
    Analyst's Report from Quarter ending the 25th day of March , 1885.
    Date of receipt by Analyst of the Article to be Analysed.Name of Person from whom the Article was received.Number marked on the parcel containing the Article by which it is to be identified by the Inspector, in lieu of the name of the person from whom it was procured.Article received.Result of Analysis specifying the nature and kind of Foreign Iugredients, detected in such article (if any).Observations.
  • Page 49
    The following Table gives the roads that have been rolled, together with the cost of same, and other details;—
    LOCALITY.MATERIAL AND COST.Wages for Labor and Watchmen.Roller Expenses, Sharps, Steels, &c.Water and Horsing Water Cart.Total Cost.Superficial Area.Cost per Yard.
    Broken Granite.Flints.Ballast.Hoggin.Siftings, &c., from Yard.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.yds.
  • Page 50
    Continued from previous page...
    LOCALITY.MATERIAL AND COST.Wages for Labour and Watchmen.Boiler Expenses, Sharps, Steels, &c.Water and Horsing Water Cart.Total Cost.Superficial Area.Cost per Yard.
    Broken Granite.Flints.Ballast.Hoggin.Sittings, &c., from Yard.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.yds.
  • Page 51
    Continued from previous page...
    LOCALITY.MATERIAL AND COST.Wages for Labour and Watchmen.Boiler Expenses, Sharps. Steels, &c.Water and Horsing Water Cart.Total Cost.Superficial Area.Cost per Yard
    Broken Granite.Flints.Ballast.Hoggin.Sittings, &c., from Yard.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.yds.
  • Page 52
    Continued from previous page...
    LOCALITY.MATERIAL AND COST.Wages for Labor and Watchmen.Boiler Expenses, Sharps, Steels, &c.Water and Horsing Water Cart.Total Cost.Superficial Area.Cost per yard.
    Broken Granite.Flints.Ballast.Hoggin.Sittings, &c., from Yard.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.yds.
  • Page 53
    Continued from previous page...
    LOCALITY.MATERIAL AND COST.Wages for Labour and Watchmen.Boiler Expenses, Sharps, Steel, &c.Water and Horsing Water Cart.Total Cost.Superficial Area.Cost per yard.
    Broken Granite.Flints.Ballast.Hoggin.Siftings, &c., from yard.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.yds.
  • Page 54
    Continued from previous page...
    LOCALITY.MATERIALS AND COST.Wages for Labour and Watchmen.Boiler Expenses, Sharps, Steels,&c,Water and Horsing Water Cart.Total Cost.Superficial Area.Cost per yard.
    Broken Granite.Flints.Ballast.Hoggin.Sittings, &c., from Yard.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.yds.
  • Page 55
    Continued from previous page...
    LOCALITY.MATERIALS AND COST.Wages for Labour and Watchmen.Roller Expenses, Sharps, Steels, &c.Water and Horsing Water Cart.Total Cost.Superficial Area.Cost per yard.
    Broken Granite.Flints.Ballast.Hoggin.Sittings, &c., from Yard.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.yds.
  • Page 56
    Continued from previous page...
    LOCALITY.MATERIALS AND COST.Wages for Labour and Watchmen.Roller Expenses, Sharps, Steels, &c.Water and Horsing Water Cart.Total Cost.Superficial Area.Cost per yard.
    Broken Granite.Hints.Ballast.Hoggin.Siftings, &c., from Yard.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.yds.
  • Page 57
    Continued from previous page...
    LOCALITY.MATERIALS AND COST.Wages for Labour and Watchmen.Roller Expenses Sharps, Steels, &c.Water and Horsing Water Cart.Total Cost.Superficial Area.Cost per yard.
    Broken Granite.Flints.Ballast.Hoggin.Sittings, Ac., from Yard.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.yds.
  • Page 58
    Continued from previous page...
    LOCALITY.MATERIALS AST) COST.Wages for Labour and Watchmen.Boner Expenses Sharps, Steels, &c.Wages and Horsing Water Cart.Total Cost.Superficial Area.Cost per yard.
    Broken Granite.Flints.Ballast.Hoggin.Siftings. &c., from Yard.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.yds.
  • Page 59
    Continued from previous page...
    LOCALITY.MATERIALS AND COST.Wages for Labour and Watchmen.Roller Expenses Sharps, Steels, &c.Water and Horsing Water Cart.Total Cost.Superficial Area.Cost per yard.
    Broken Granite.Flints.BallastHoggin.Sittings, &c., from Yard.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.yds.
  • Page 60
    Continued from previous page...
    LOCALITY.MATERIAL AND COST.Wages forLabour and Watchmen.Roller Expenses, Sharps, Steels, &c.Water and Horsing Water Cart.Total Cost.Superficial Area.Cost per Yard.
    Broken Granite.Flints.Ballast.Hoggin.Sittings, &c., from Yard.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.yds.
  • Page 66
    The following, in addition to other smaller amounts, represent the quantity of materials, &c., supplied during the year—
    £s.d.
  • Page 67
    Continued from previous page...
  • Page 67
    The following is the summary of the Wages Account for the past year:—
    Receipts.Expenditure.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 72
    TABLE I. Cost of New Works for the year, to March 31st, 1885.
  • Page 73
    TABLE II. Statement of the Cost of Repairs and Painting, Lighting and Extinguishing, and cleaning for the year to March 31st, 1885.
  • Page 73
    TABLE III. Cost of Maintenance of Meters and Governors, &c., Salaries and Expenses for the year to 31st March , 1885.
  • Page 74
    TABLE IV. Details of the Burning Hours per lamp, and savings in respect of Twilight for the year.
    Quarter ending.Number of Burning Hours per Quarter.Average Number of Burning Hours per Night.Savings in respect of Twilight.
    Horn's.Minutes.Hours.Minutes.Hours.Minutes.
  • Page 75
    TABLE V. Shewing the comparative cost of Gas, and the saving under the New System.
    Quarter ending.Number of hours charged for.Consumption per hour charged. cu. ft.Consumption per Lamp per quarter. cu. ft.Number of Lamps.Total Consumption per Quarter.Rate per 1000-ft.£s.d.Saving.
    £s.d.
  • Page 76
    TABLE VI. Comparative Cost of Lighting, Extinguishing, Cleaning and Repairs and the Saving under the Old and the New System. OLD SYSTEM. Cost of Lighting, Extinguishing and Repairs to Lamps.
    Lamps.s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 76
    NEW SYSTEM. Cost of Lighting, Extinguishing and Repairs to Lamps.
  • Page 76
    TABLE VII. Shewing the Total Saving by the Meter System and Modified Hours.
  • Page 77
    TABLE VIII. Shewing the consumption of Gas in Lamps of Greater Illuminating power than the ordinary.
    Quarter ending.Number of Hours charged for.Consumption per hour charged. cu. ft.Consumption per Lamp per Quarter. cu. ft.Number of Lamps.Total Consumption per Quarter. cu. ft.Rate per 1000.ft.£s.d.Total.
    £s.d.
  • Page 78
    TABLE VIII.— Continued.
    Quarter ending.Number of Hours charged for.Consump tion per hour charged. cu. ft.Consumption per Lamp per Quarter. cu. ft.Number of Lamps.Total Consumption, per Quarter. cu. ft.Rate per 1000-ft.£s.d.Total.
    £s.d.
  • Page -
    VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF SAINT LEONARD, SHOREDITCH. TABLE OF DEATHS.
    DEATHS REGISTERED FROM ALL CAUSES DURING THE TEAR ENDING, 25th MARCH, 1885.DEATHS REGISTERED IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT FROM ALL CAUSES.DEATHS REGISTERED FROM ALL CAUSES DURING THE TEAR ENDING 25th MARCH, 1885.DEATHS REGISTERED IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT FROM ALL CAUSES.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total.HolywellSt. LeonardHoxton New TownHoxton Old TownHaggerstonTotal.CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total.HolywellSt. LeonardHoxton New TownHoxton Old TownHaggerstonTotal.
    Under 11 to 22 to 51 5 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7576 to 8585 to 9595 and upwardsUnder 11 to 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8685 to 9595 and upwards
  • Page 79
    The following statistics show the rate of mortality in the different Registration Districts of the parish:—
    Population.Deaths.Average per 1000 living.
  • Page 93
    REMOVAL OF DUST.—during the past year the number of dust complaints has been in excess of the average number of the three preceeding years, as shown below :—
    Eastern Division.Western Division.
    1st 2nd3rd1st2nd3rd
  • Page 95
    CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO BY THE VESTRY FOR GENERAL WORKS AND SUPPLY OF MATERIALS. For One Year, from the 25th day of March, 1885.
    Date of contract.name of contractor.Works to be performed or materials supplied.
  • Page 96
    A RETURN shewing the RATES LEVIED by the Vestry since the passing of the Metropolis Act, 1885, together with the amount of the Assessment upon which such Rates were based.
    1856PoorSewersLightingGeneralM.D.1859PoorSewersLightingGeneralM.D.
  • Page 97
    Continued from previous page...
    1862PoorSewersLightingGeneralM.D.1866PoorSewersLightingGeneralM.D.
  • Page 98
    Continued from previous page...
    1870PoorSewersLightingGeneralM.D.1874PoorSewersLightingGeneralM.D.
  • Page 99
    Continued from previous page...
    1878PoorSewersLightingGeneralM.D.1882PoorSewersLightingGeneralM.D.
  • Page 100
    APPENDIX D. Amount of Precepts paid to the Metropolitan Board of Works.
    yearsewer rate. general expenses)general rate. (toll bridges.)total.
    £s.d.£s.d.£8.d.
  • Page 101
    APPENDIX E. Amount of Precepts paid to London School Board since its Establishment under the Education Act of 1870.
    year.general rate.
    £8.d.
  • Page 103
    FOR THE YEAR 1885-6 Appointed under the Metropolis Local Management Acts.
    Will go out of Office by effluxion of time in the year.No. 1, or Moorfields Ward.
  • Page 104
    Continued from previous page...
    Will go out of Office byeffluxion of time in the year.No. 2, or Church "Ward.
  • Page 104
    No. 3, or Hoxton Ward.
  • Page 105
    Continued from previous page...
    Will go out of Office by effluxion of time in the yearNo. 3, or Hoxton Ward.—contd,
  • Page 105
    No. 4, or Wenlock Ward.
  • Page 106
    Continued from previous page...
    Will go out of Officc by effluxion of time in the year.No. 4, or Wenlock Ward.—contd.
  • Page 106
    No. 5, or Whitmore Ward.
  • Page 106
    No. 6, or Kingsland "Ward.
  • Page 109
    A LIST OF THE COMMITTEES APPOINTED BY THE VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF SAINT LEONARD SHOREDITCH, IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, FOR, THE YEAR, 1885-6.
    Finance Committee.Paving, Sewers, &c., Committee.General Purposes and Sanitary Committee.
  • Page 110
    List of Committees— continued.
    Finance Committee.Paving Sewers, &c., Committee.General Purposes and Sanitary Committee.
  • Page 111
    List of Committees— continued.
    KINGSLAND WARD.
  • Page 112
    List Of Committees— continued.
    Valuation List Committee.Assessment Committee. To be elected between the 15 th and 29th of April in each year.
  • Page 113
    List of Committees— continued.
    Town Hall Committee.Parliamentary, Law and Improvement Committee.