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Shoreditch 1890

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]

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The Vestry of the Parish of St., Leonard, Shoreditch.
IN THE COUNTY OF LONDON.
ANNUAL REPORT.
Gentlemen,
As I was only appointed to the position of your Vestry Clerk six weeks before the
end of the year for which this report has to be made, I have had to extract from your
minute book most of the following record of the work done since the 25tli March, 1890,
up to February 9tli, the date of my appointment, which I have now the honour to
present.
POOR RATE.
During the year ended 25tli March, 1891, the amount collected on the Poor's Rate
was £93,977 4s. 9d.; the amount levied in the £ for the year was 3s. 2d. (being for the
quarter to Midsummer, l0d.; to Michaelmas, l0d.; to Christmas, 9d.; to Lady-day,
9d.) The previous year's Poor's Rate amounted to 2/11 in the £.
The amount paid to the Shoreditch Board of Guardians under their Contribution
Orders was £70,200; and a sum of £8,000 was owing to them at Lady-day, 1891, to
cover their expenditure for the year.
Further detailed particulars of the Income and Expenditure on the Poor Rate
account will be' found in the statistical abstract.
VESTRY RATES.
Full details of the Income and Expenditure for the year on account of the General
and Sewers Rate are furnished by the Accountant.
The total amount collected on the Vestry Rates for the year was £61,841 4s. 3d.;
and out of this sum the School Board for London received £28,561 1s. 2d.
This charge is based upon the net rateable annual value of the property, according
to the Valuation List, and no reduction is made for empty houses, nor for allowance
to owners in respect thereof.