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Westminster 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, The United Parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster]
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The call made upon the ratepayers of the parish for the purposes of the Metropolitan Board of Works was for £24,365 11s. apportioned as follows:—
| Main Drainage | £3,505 | 7 | 7 |
| Fire Brigade | 2,261 | 13 | 9 |
| Bridge Expenses | 2,785 | 4 | 9 |
| General Improvements | 9,571 | 15 | 3 |
| All other purposes | 6,241 | 9 | 8 |
| £24,365 | 11 | 0 |
As a record of the sums contributed by the Metropolitan
Board of Works during its existence from 1856 to 1889,
towards local improvements, the following figures are here
given :—
Amounts contributed by the Metropolitan Board of Works
to Improvements effected in the Parish of St. Margaret
and St. John, Westminster, since the year 1856.
£
s.
d.
1860-61.—Towards an Improvement in Rochester
Row
33
6
8
1863-64.—Amount paid in connection with the Gas
(Metropolis) Act, 1860
131
0
10
1865-66.—Towards an Improvement at the "Pound
House"
300
0
0
1868-69.—Towards an Improvement in the Broad
Sanctuary
750
0
0
1870-71.—Towards the purchase of land in the
Broadway
125
0
0
1871-72.—Ditto ditto
75
0
0
Carried forward
£1,414
7
6
*These Amounts include the sums paid to the Metropolitan Board of
Works in respect of Government Property.