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Wandsworth 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Rates.
185.—The following Table shows the amount in the £ of the respective rates therein mentioned which were levied by the Overseers of the several Parishes in the Borough during the seven years ended 31st March, 1901, viz.:—
| PARISH. | Year. | † Poor Rate. | General Rate. | Sewers Rate. | Lighting Rate. | Totals. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |||
| Clapham | 1894 | 3 | 8½ | (a) 2 | 7½ | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 1895 | 3 | 8 | (b) 2 | 8½ | 2½ | 3 | 6 | 10 | ||||
| 1896 | 3 | 7 | (C) 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| 1897 | 3 | 7 | (c) 2 | 7 | 1½ | 2½ | 6 | 6 | ||||
| 1898 | 3 | 6 | (c) 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | ||||
| 1899 | 3 | 4½ | (d) 2 | 8½ | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | ||||
| 1900 | 3 | 7½ | (e) 2 | 9½ | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | ||||
| Putney. | 1894 | 3 | 10 | (a) 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 1895 | 3 | 9½ | (b)2 | 5 | — | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10½ | |||
| 1896 | 3 | 8 | (c) 2 | 4 | — | 3½ | 3½ | 6 | 7 | |||
| 1897 | 3 | 8 | (c) 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| 1898 | 3 | 7 | (c) 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| 1899 | 3 | 7 | (d) 2 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | ||||
| 1900 | 3 | 7 | (e) 3 | 1 | 1½ | 4 | 7 | 1½ | ||||
| Streatham | 1894 | 3 | 7½ | (a) 2 | 2½ | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 1895 | 3 | 6 | (b) 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||||
| 1896 | 3 | 7½ | (c) 2 | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4½ | |||
| 1897 | 3 | 8½ | (c) 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6½ | ||||
| 1898 | 3 | 6 | (C) 2 | 5½ | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3½ | ||||
| 1899 | 3 | 4 | (d) 2 | 5½ | 2 | 2½ | 6 | 2 | ||||
| 1900 | 3 | 7 | (e) 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | ||||
| Tooting. | 1894 | 3 | 4 | (a) 2 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 1895 | 3 | 8 | (b) 2 | 9 | - | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | |||
| 1896 | 3 | 10 | (c) 2 | 9½ | 4 | 4½ | 7 | 4 | ||||
| 1897 | 3 | 9 | (c) 2 | 9¼ | — | 4 | 3¾ | 7 | 2 | |||
| 1898 | 3 | 6 | (C) 2 | 4¼ | 4 | 3¾ | 6 | 6 | ||||
| 1899 | 3 | 0 | (d) 2 | 8½ | 2 | 4½ | 6 | 3 | ||||
| 1900 | 2 | 6 | (e) 1 | 11¼ | 2 | 3¾ | 4 | 11 | ||||
| Wandsworth | 1894 | 3 | 10 | (a) 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 1895 | 3 | 9 | (b) 2 | 8½ | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11½ | ||||
| 1896 | 3 | 8 | (c) 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| 1897 | 3 | 8 | (c) 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| 1898 | 3 | 8 | (c) 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| 1899 | 3 | 6 | (d) 2 | 9½ | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8½ | ||||
| 1900 | 3 | 9 | (e) 2 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | ||||
(a) Including School Board Precept, equal to a rate of 11½. in the £ (see page 113).
(b) „ „ 1s . 0½ „ ( ,, ).
(c) „ „ 1s. 1¼d. „ („).
(d) „ „ 1s. 2¼d. „ („).
(e) „ „ 1s.3d. „ ( „ ).
† This included contributions to the Guardians of the Union, London County Council, Police
expenses, and expenses under the Libraries (and with the exception of Tooting) the Burials Acts.