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Fulham 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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Precept for year ending 31st December, 1888, £11,953 12s. 9d.,
equ&l to 8d. in the £.
The School Board Precept for the same period is £11,817 Os. 8d.;
this is chargeable on the General Rate, and is equal to a rate of 8|d.
in the £, the amount being a decrease of £585 10s. 6d. on the
pieuous yeai 6 piecept, and but for the small increase in the rateable
value, viz., £6,898, as against an increase last year of £44,247, the rate
this year would have shown a considerable decrease; as it is, the rate
is reduced by -375 of a Id. in £ on tha.t of 1886-7. The following
statement shows the approximate amounts paid by this Parish for the cost of Elections and to meet the School Board Precepts, since its incorporation.
| Year. | Total Precept. | Election Expenses. | Total paid for Year. | Rate in £ approximately. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | d. | |
| 1871—1872 | 199 | 10 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 231 | 5 | 4 | 9-16 | |
| 1872—1873 | 434 | 17 | - | 434 | 17 | 1 | ||||
| 1873—1874 | 371 | 1 | 6 | - | 371 | 1 | ||||
| 1874—1875 | 774 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| 1875—1876 | 1,362 | 15 | - | 1,362 | 15 | 3 | ||||
| 1876—1877 | 2,201 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 3 | 7 | 2,243 | 1 | 45/8. | |
| 1877—1878 | 2,591 | 5 | 0 | - | 2,591 | 5 | 0 | 5¼ | ||
| 1878—1879 | 2,629 | 4 | 9 | - | 2,629 | 4 | 9 | 51/8 | ||
| 1879—1880 | 2,958 | 3 | 45 | 14 | 1 | 3,004 | 4 | 5¼ | ||
| 1880—1881 | 3,549 | 17 | 3 | - | 3,549 | 17 | 3 | 6¼ | ||
| 4,346 | 3 | 2 | - | 4,346 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| 1882—1883 | 4,695 | 1 | 67 | 4,762 | 7 | 57/8 | ||||
| 1883—1884 | 5,915 | 17 | - | 5,915 | 17 | 6½ | ||||
| 1884—1885 | 7,946 | 13 | 7 | - | 7,946 | 13 | 7 | |||
| 1885—1886 | 9,658 | 4 | 1 | 107 | 5 | 9,765 | 8¼ | |||
| 1886—1887 | 12,402 | 2 | - | 12,402 | ||||||
| 11,817 | 0 | - | 11,817 | 0 | 8½ | |||||
| 73,854 | 10 | 332 | 3 | 6 | 74,186 | 4 | ||||
The Precept for 1888-0 amounts to £11,687 8s. 2d., or equal 8d.
in &.
ESTIMATES.
During the past year the Vestry estimated the amount required to
be raised by Rates to meet its expenses, and the call of other bodies
to be as follows :—