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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fulham 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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The decrease on the General Rate must be attributed to the fact
that the Overseers had a very large balance in hand at the commencement
of the year, and that the Vestry's Precept was not a large
excess on the previous year.
Of this amount about thirteen-sixteenths of a Id. is for part of the Metropolitan
Consolidated Rate, being for Bridge Expenses, and chargeable on the General Rate by
Act of Parliament.
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 :—
| 1887-8. | 1886-7. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Rate, viz.:— | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
| Loans | 4,712 | 15 | 3 | 4,438 | 4 | 3 |
| Works Department | 7,956 | 1 | 4 | 7,494 | 4 | 3 |
| Cartage „ | 5,761 | 5 | 6 | 5,227 | 10 | 0 |
| Establishment Charges | 1,700 | 0 | 0 | 1,650 | 0 | 0 |
| School Board for London | 11,851 | 10 | 9 | 12,402 | 11 | 2 |
| Total Precepts issued for | £31,981 | 12 | 10 | £31,212 | 9 | 8 |
| Lighting Rate, viz. :— | ||||||
| Public Lighting and Incidental Works | £3,885 | 3 | 8 | £3,995 | 15 | 11 |
| Local Sewer Rate, viz. :— | ||||||
| Loans | 1,801 | 0 | 9 | 1,851 | 2 | 5 |
| Sanitary Work | 350 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 |
| Works, Wages, Materials, &c | 458 | 13 | 5 | 1,595 | 6 | 7 |
| Establishment Charges | 850 | 0 | 0 | 825 | 0 | 0 |
| Precepts | £3,459 | 14 | 2 | £4,471 | 9 | 0 |
| Metropolitan Consolidated Rate, viz. :— | ||||||
| Amount of Precept | £10,516 | 2 | 8 | £9,626 | 1 | 4 |
| The actual rates made by the Overseers for the two years are as follows, viz. :— | ||||||
| 1887-8 | 1886-7 | |||||
| s. | d. | S. | d. | |||
| General Rate | *2 | 1 in £ | 2 | 4 in £ | ||
| Lighting „ | 0 | 3 „ | 0 | 3 „ | ||
| Sewers „ | 0 | 2½ „ | 0 | 3½ „ | ||
| Metropolitan Consolidated Rate | 0 | 7½ „ | 0 | 6½ „ | ||
| 3 | 2 „ | 3 | 5 „ | |||