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Fulham 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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The amount required by you for the half-year to Lady-day, 1891, is
£29,879 13s. 2d., which is, as you are aware, considerably in excess of your
charges on our predecessors. We have nevertheless paid £15,000 of this
amount, whilst on the llth January, 1890, our predecessors had paid for the
corresponding period £ £11,280 9s. 6d. We think therefore that due regard
has been observed for the financial requirements of your Vestry and the
Guardians of the Poor respectively.
With regard to our other expenditure we have the pleasure to state that
there has been a considerable reduction in several cases.
COLLECTION OF RATES.
The collection of the rates, we have reason to believe, has been carried out luring the last half-year in a more expeditious manner than formerly, judging by the amount of arrears outstanding on the Poor Rate at the end of each half-year, which we give hereunder:—
| s. | d. | ||
| Arrears at 29th September, 1888, when the rate in the £ was 1/1 | 436 | 17 | 4 |
| „ 25th March, 1889, „ „ „ 1/2 | 620 | 18 | 6 |
| „ 29th September, 1889, „ „ „ 1/8 | 1670 | 15 | 7 |
| ,, 25th March, 1890, „ „ „ 1/5 | 1415 | 2 | 7 |
| „ 29th September, 1890, „ „ „ 1/6 | 398 | 11 | 1 |
The Salary of the Vestry Clerk and Assistant Overseer was
formerly .£530, the present salary being ,£250.
The Expenses of the Quinquennial Valuation—
£
s.
d.
were in 1885
478
4
3
1890
445
1
4
although there are approximately 3,0'00 more properties than there were
in 1885.
Our Total Expenditure during the half-year on account of the Poor
Rate amounted to £28,515 12s. 7d., and consisted of the following disbursements:—
£
s.
d.
Guardians
22,639
0
0
Police
4,014
13
1
Library Commissioners
802
18
7
Salary of Vestry Clerk
125
0
0
Returning Officer's expenses
115
13
0
Borough Registration, 1889, extra duties
24
3
0
County Registration expenses
7
15
9
Churchyard expenses
53
9
8
Ordinary Valuation expenses
50
0
7
Printing and Stationery
58
6
3
Jury List
26
5
6
Vestry election
40
5
6
Office expenses, comprising:—Rent, Rates and Taxes
122
17
5
Claim for Dilapidations
165
15
0
Balance Quinquennial Valuation
243
10
10
Receipt Stamps
15
15
8
Petty Cash and Postage
10
2
9
£28,515
12
7