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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 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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The School Board Precept for the year 1892-93 amounts to
.£19,140 2s. 7d. This is chargeable on the General Rate, and is
equal to a rate of 10¼d. in the £, the amount being an increase of
£390 9s. Od. on the previous year's precept, and allowing for an
increase in the rateable value of £25,535, as against the increase last
year of £41,144, the Vestry are enabled—in the face of the increase
in the amount of the precept, and decrease in the amount of the
extra assessments—to decrease the rate by ¼d. in the £ on that of
1891-92.
The following statement will show the
amounts paid by the Fulham Parish through the late District Board, the Fulhani Vestry, &c., to the Metropolitan Board, over which they had no direct control.
| Year ending March. | £ | s. | d. | Rate of £ approximately. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1857 | 1,927 | 18 | 0 | 9¾ | |
| 1858 | During this period the Metropolitan Board of Works levied a Rate themselves, the Parish Officers not making one. | 2,089 | 5 | 3 | 9¾ |
| 1859 | 1,878 | 12 | 6 | 8¾ | |
| 1860 | 1,886 | 6 | 5 | 8¾ | |
| 1861 [ | 1,977 | 7 | 2 | 81/3 | |
| 1862 | 2,307 | 11 | 0 | 9½ | |
| 1863 | 2,271 | 16 | 0 | 9¼ | |
| 1864 | 1,936 | 7 | 6 | 7½ | |
| 1865/ | 1,637 | 11 | 1 | 6¼ | |
| 1866 | 2,091 | 16 | 2 | 6½ | |
| 1867 | 2,262 | 6 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1868 | 2,690 | 16 | 0 | 7¾ | |
| 1869 | 2,584 | 18 | 10 | 6¾ | |
| 1870 | 1,502 | 3 | 2 | 3¼ | |
| 1871 | 2,317 | 0 | 8 | 5¾ | |
| 1872 | 1,564 | 7 | 10 | 3¾ | |
| 1873 | 1,420 | 14 | 6 | 3¼ | |
| 1874 | 1,439 | 5 | 9 | 3¼ | |
| 1875 | 1,879 | 12 | 0 | 4¾ | |
| 1876 | 2,374 | 4 | 6 | 5¼ | |
| 1877 | 2,194 | 4 | 3 | 4½ | |
| 1878 | 2,292 | 5 | 3 | 4¾ | |
| 1879 | 2,395 | 17 | 9 | 4¾ | |
| 1880 | 3,041 | 13 | 3 | 5¼ | |
| 1881 | 3,474 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1882 | 4,594 | l6 | 2 | 57/8 | |
| 1883 | 4,895 | 6 | 2 | 57/8 | |
| 1884 | 5,352 | 2 | 6 | 5¾ | |
| 1885 | 6,434 | 10 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1886 | 8,180 | 17 | 0 | 7½ | |
| 1887 | 9,626 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1888 | 10,516 | 2 | 8 | 7½ | |
| 1889 | 11,953 | 12 | 9 | 8½ | |
| 1890 | (1 quarter) | 3,788 | 3 | 1 | 27/16 |
| Total | £118779 | 15 | 5 | ||
The precepts for 1893-94 amount to £19,641 2s. 5d., equal to
10½d in the £ gross.