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Fulham 1886
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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In reply to your letter of the 26th inst., there are now in Fulham Parish Lamps and Columns as follows:—
| Cost Price. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| 1000 ordinary pattern | 4 | 6 | 9 each | 4,337 | 10 | 0 |
| 13 Embankment do. | 17 | 15 | 9 " • | 231 | 4 | 9 |
| 83-light Meters in Cast Iron Boxes | 6 | 5 | 0 " | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| 55-light Meters in Brick Tanks | 5 | 6 | 0" | 26 | 10 | 0 |
| Errors excepted | £4,645 | 4 | 9 | |||
ELECTION OF VESTRYMEN.
On the 25th May, 1887, the day appointed by the Vestry, the
Annual Election of Vestrymen and Auditors took place at the
undermentioned places:—
North End Ward, at May Street, Schoolroom.
Walham Ward, at St. John's National Schools, Walham
Green.
South Fulham Ward, at Ayshford's Carriage Works,
Britannia Road.
The cost of the Election, as certified by the churchwardens,
amounted to £26 1s. 6d., and the Vestry, on the 13th July, 1887,
passed the order for payment of same out of the poor rate of the
parish, as provided by Act of Parliament.
OVERSEERS.
On the 5th April, 1887, the Justices of the Peace for the
Kensington Division appointed Messrs. Stanley J. Attenborough,
George Priestley Smith, and William Hunt, to be Overseers of the
poor for the year 1887-88.
BURIAL BOARD.
The members of this Board who retired by effluxion of time in
1887, were the Rev. F. H. Fisher, the Rev. W. E. Batty and Mr.
Agar, of whom the Revs. F. H. Fisher and W. E. Batty were
re-elected, and Mr. Thomas Seymour elected in the room of Mr.
Agar.
VESTRY AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS. .
During the year the following meetings of the Vestry and its
Committees were held, viz.:—