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St Giles (Camden) 1876
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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And being more than one fourth of the whole of the expenditure of the
Board.
The following table shows the several amounts paid by this District to the Metropolitan Board of Works for the last ten years:—
| Year. | Amount. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | |
| 1867-8 | 7,328 | 12 | 10 |
| 1868-9 | 6,297 | 8 | 5 |
| 1869-70 | 6,303 | 4 | 0 |
| 1870-1 | 6,648 | 13 | 10 |
| 1871-2 | 4,308 | 14 | 4 |
| 1872-3 | 3,244 | 0 | 10 |
| 1873-4 | 3,434 | 16 | 0 |
| 1874-5 | 5,605 | 13 | 8 |
| 1875-6 | 6,751 | 15 | 4 |
| 1876-7 | 6,893 | 1 | 2 |
The precept for the year 1876-7 amounts to £6,700.
The amounts paid by this district to the London School Board since it was constituted are as follow:—
| Year. | Amount. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | |
| 1871 | 719 | 11 | 9 |
| 1872 | 1,208 | 8 | 10 |
| 1873 | 939 | 15 | 11 |
| 1874 | 2,348 | 5 | 1 |
| 1875 | 3,953 | 0 | 2 |
| 1876 | 5,869 | 8 | 9 |
The precept for the present year amounts to £7,243 1s. 8d., being at
the rate of 5d. in the £.
Notwithstanding the many remonstrances against the lavish expenditure
of the School Board since the year 1873, and the extreme
dissatisfaction expressed by the Ratepayers in all parts of the Metropolis,
and the deputations to the Council on Education, the London
School Board continue not only to pursue a like course of extravagance,
but to increase it, as will be seen by the foregoing table, the rate
for this District having since the year 1874 increased, in the year
1875, 68 per cent.; 1876, 116 per cent.; and 1877, 139 per cent. The
remedy is to a certain extent with the Ratepayers, who, by re-electing
the same members of the Board, have practically approved this
enormous outlay.
Artisans and Labourers' Dwellings Improvement
Act, 1875.
Under this Act the Metropolitan Board of Works have considered
the Report of Dr. Lovett, the Medical Officer of Health of this