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Clerkenwell 1896

Forty-first annual report of the Vestry of the Parish of St. James and St. John, Clerkenwell for the year 1896-97

Published
1897
Author
Glaiste, John.
Pages
162
Tables
75

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  • Page 27
    For the Half-year to Michaelmas, 1896.
  • Page 30
    School Board Precepts.—The following is a list of the Precepts of the School Board, on the Parish of Clerkenwell, since it was called into existence by the Elementary Education Act, 1870:
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 31
    The following Analysis of the County Council's Rates is taken from the Council's Annual Report:—
    d.
  • Page 32
    Metropolitan Board Precepts.—The following is a list of the Precepts of the Metropolitan Board of Works, since the passing of the Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855, to the coming into force of the Local Government Act, 1888, in March, 1889:-
    Main Drainage.Fire Brigade,Bridge Expenses.All other Expenses.Total.
    £s.d.£s.d.£S.d.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 44
    Summary Proceedings.—During the year Summonses have been issued at the instance of the Vestry and heard by the Magistrate at the Clerkenwell Police Court in respect of the following offences:—
    No. of Summonses issued.Offences charged.Convictions.Dismissals.Penalties and Costs.
    £s.d.
  • Page 55
    METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT. STATEMENT & ACCOUNT of all Moneys received & Expended from 26th March,1896,to 25th March,1897. By the Vestry of the Parish of Saint James and Saint John,Clerkenwell.
    Folio in LedgerRECEIPTS.Moneys received bythe Vestry from 26th March, 1896 to 25th March, 1897.Moneys owing to the Vestry 25th March,1897. (Estimated)Folio in Ledger.DISBURSEMENTS.Unpaid at25th March, 1896.Incurred from 26th March, 1896, to25th March, 1897.Paid from 26th March,1896, to 25th March, 1897.Unpaid 25th Mar ch, 1897.
    £s.d.£s.d£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 56 57
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    Folio in LedgerRECEIPTS.Moneys received bythe Vestry from 26th March, 1896, to 25th March, 1897.Moneys owing to the Vestry 25th March1897. (Estimated)Folio in Ledger.DISBURSEMENTS.Unpaid at25th March, 1896.Incurred from 26th March, 1896 to25th March, 1897.Paid from 26th March,1916, to 25th March, 1897.Unpaid 25th March, 1897.
    £s.d.£s.d£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 58 59
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    Folio inLedgerRECEIPTS.Moneys received bythe Vestry from 26th March, 1896, to 25th March, 1897.Moneys owing to the Vestry 25th March,1897. (Estimated)Folio in Ledger.DISBURSEMENTS.Unpaid at25th March, 1896.incurred from 26th March, 1896, to25th March, 1897.Paid from 26th March,1896, to 25th March, 1897.Unpaid at 25th March, 1897.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£8.d.£s.d.
  • Page 60 61
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    Folio in Ledger.RECEIPTS.Moneys received bythe Vestry from 26th March, 1896, to 25th March, 1897.Moneys owing to the Vestry 25th March,1897. (Estimated)Folio in Ledger.DISBURSEMENTS.Unpaid at25th March, 1896.Incurred from 26th March, 1890. to25th March, 1817.Paid from 2Cth March,1895, to 25th March, 189Unpaid at 25th March, 1897.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 62 63
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    Folio in Ledger.RECEIPTS.Moneys received bythe Vestry from 26th March, 1896, to 25th March, 1897.Moneys owing to the Vestry 25th March,1897. (Estimated)Folio in Ledger.DISBURSEMENTS.Unpaid at25th March, 1896.Incurred from 26th March. 1896, to25th March, 1897.Paid from 26th March,1896, to 25th March, 1897.Unpaid at 25th March, 1897.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 64 65
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    Folio inLedger.RECEIPTS.Moneys received bythe Vestry from 26th March, 1896, to 25th March, 1897.Moneys owing to the Vestry 25th March,1897. (Estimated)Folio in Ledger.DISBURSEMENTS.Unpaid at25th March, 1896.Incurred from 26th March, 1896 to25th March, 1897.Paid from 26th March1896, to 25th March 1897.Unpaid at 25th March, 1897.
    £S.,d.£S.d.£S.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 66 67
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    Folio in Ledger.RECEIPTS.Moneys received by the Vestry from 26th March, 1896, to 25th March, 1897.Moneys owing to the Vestry 25th March,1897. (Estimated)Folio LedgerDISBURSEMENTS.Unpaid at25th March, 1896.Incurred from 26th, March, 1896, to25th March. 1897.Paid from 26th March,1896, to 25th March, 1897.Unpaid at 25th March 1897.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 68 69
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    Folio in Ledger.RECEIPTSMoneys received bythe Vestry from 26th March, 1896, to 26th March, 1897.Moneys owing to the Vestry 25th March,1897. (Estimated)Folio in Ledger.DISBURSEMENTS.Unpaid at25th March, 1896.Incurred from 26th March, 1896, to25th March, ___1897.Paid from 26th March,1896, to 25th March, 1897.Unpaid at 25th March, 1897.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 70
    ABSTRACT.
    RECEIPTS.ESTIMATED ASSETS.EXPENDITURE.LIABILITIES
  • Page 71
    SUMMARY STATEMENT OF CONTRACTS FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF GENERAL WORKS AND THE SUPPLY OF MATERIALS.
    Date.Name of Contractor.Nature of Work to be performed or Materials supplied.Period.Price.
  • Page 72 73
    SUMMARY STATEMENT OF CONTRACTS—continued.
    Date.Name of ContractorNature of Work to be performed, or Materials supplied.Period.Price.
  • Page 75
    The following is a statement of the cost of disposal of dust for the year:—
    £s.d.
  • Page 76
    The following represents the cost of the watering for the season of 1896, that for 1895 being added for the purpose of comparison:-
    Season, 1895.Season, 1896.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 77
    STABLE AND LOFT.
    £s.d.
  • Page 78
    YARD AND OFFICE.
  • Page 78
    There was also in Stock:—
    £s.d.
  • Page 79
    The net Expenditure for the year ended 25th March, 1897, is shown by the following amounts:—
    RECEIPTS.EXPENDITURE.
  • Page 80 81
    Continued from previous page...
    Receipts—Continued.Expenditure—Continued.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 85
    The following table, shows the lengths of various sewers in Clerkenwell:—
  • Page 86
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  • Page 88
    URINALS. The following is a list of Urinals in the Parish, with the number of stalls to each:-
  • Page 89
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  • Page 92
    JOBBING WORKS. For the maintenance and general repairs of the carriageways and footways of the Parish, the following materials were used:-
  • Page 96
    The total cost was as follows:—
    £s.d.
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    £s.d.
  • Page 97
    TREES. The total number of trees in the public streets is 230, planted as follows:-
  • Page 98
    The approximate cost was as follows:—
    £s.d.
  • Page 99
    WORKS EXECUTED BY CONTRACT.
    £s.d.
  • Page 99
    WORKS EXECUTED BY VESTRY'S MEN.
    £s.d.
  • Page 100
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    £s.d.
  • Page 101
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    £s.d.
  • Page 102
    Continued from previous page...
    £s.d.
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    £s.d.
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    SUMMARY.
    £s.d.
  • Page 104
    I append the table to which you have become accustomed in previous reports, giving the births and deaths which have taken place in the Parish in each of the last ten years:—
    YEAR.DEATHS.BIRTHS.
  • Page 104
    The deaths and births were distributed as follows:—
    DISTRICT.DEATHS.BIRTHS.
  • Page 105
    The following is a list of the outlying Public Institutions and other places where residents of the Clerkenwell district died during the year:—
    INSTITUTION, ETC.NUMBER OF DEATHS.
  • Page 106
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  • Page 107
    The number and the causes of death from zymotic diseases occurring in Clerkenwell during the last ten years are exhibited in the following table:—
    SMALL POX.MEASLES.SCARLET FEVER.DIPHTHERIA.WHPING COUGH.TYPHOID FEVER.DIARRHŒA.TOTALS.
  • Page 119
    38 summonses were taken out, viz.:—
    £s.d.
  • Page 122
    (A)Table of Deaths during the Year 1896, in the Clerkenwell Metropolitan District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. (Seenote 4 on back of sheet.) (Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.)Mortality from all causes at subjoined Ages.Mortality from Subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths or Children under Five Years of Age.
    At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under15.15 and under 25.25 and under65.65 and upwards.(i)12345678910111213141516171819202122
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhœa and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Influenza.Injuries.All Other Diseases.Total.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)
  • Page 123
    (B) Table of Population, Births, and of new cases of Infectious Sickness, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1896, in the Clerkenwell Metropolitan District; classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities.(See Note 2 on back of Sheet.)Population atall Ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to theknowlbdgb of the medical officer of health.Number of such Cases IIemoveu pkom their Homes in the several Localities for Treatmbntin Isolation Hospital.
    Census 1891.Etimated to middle of 1896.12345678910111213123456789101112
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
    Typhns.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
  • Page 126
    The total number of samples of food and drugs examined during this period was 311, a larger number than in any previous year. In the six preceding years the totals were as follows:—
    Year.Samples Examined.
  • Page 127
    In the following table will be found a statement of the articles examined during each quarter of the year:—
    Article.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Total.Grand Total.
    Gen.Adult.Gen.AdultGen.Adult.Gen.Adult.Gen.Adult.
  • Page 128
    The nature and amount of the adulteration was as follows:—
    No. of SampleNature and Amount of Adulteration.
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    No. of SampleNature and Amount of Adulteration.
  • Page 130
    BUTTER. Fifty-three samples of Butter were submitted for examination, 12 of which (22.6 per cent) were found to be adulterated as follows:—
    No. of SampleNature and Amount of Adulteration.
  • Page 132
    REPORT OF ANALYST For the Quarter ending 30th June, 1896.
    No.Article submittedfor Analysis.By whom the sample was submitted.Result of Analysis.OBSERVATIONS BY INSPECTORS.
  • Page 133
    REPORT OF ANALYST—Continued.
    No.Article submitted for Analysis.By whom the sample was submitted.Result of Analysis.OBSERVATIONS BY INSPECTORS.
  • Page 134
    REPORT OF ANALYST—Continued.
    No.Article submitted for Analysis.By whom the sample was submitted.Result of Analysis.observations BYinspectors.
  • Page 135
    REPORT OF ANALYST For the Quarter ending 30th September, 1896.
    No.Article submitted for An alysis.By whom the sample wns submitted.Result of Analysis.OBSERVATIONS BY INSPECTORS.
  • Page 136
    REPORT OF ANALYST—Continued.
    No.Article snbmitted for Analysis.By whom the sample was submitted.Result of Analysis.observations byinspectors.
  • Page 137
    REPORT OF ANALYST For the Quarter ending 31st December, 1896.
    N0.Article submitted for Analysis.By whom the sample was submitted.Result of Analysis.OBSERVATIONS BY INSPECTORS.
  • Page 138
    REPORT OF ANALYST—Continued.
    No.Article submitted for Analysis.By whom the sample was submitted.Result of Analysis.observations byINSPECTORS.
  • Page 139
    REPORT OF ANALYST—Continued.
    No.Article submitted for Analysis.By whom the sample was submitted.Result of Analysis.OBSERVATIONS BY INSPECTORS.
  • Page 140
    REPORT OF ANALYST—Continued.
    No.Article submitted for Analysis.By whom the sample was submitted.Result of Analysis.OBSERVATIONS BT INSPECTORS.
  • Page 141
    REPORT OF ANALYST For the Quarter ending 31st March, 1897.
    No.Article submitted for Analysis.By whom the sample was submitted.Result of Analysis.OBSERVATIONS BY INSPECTORS.
  • Page 142
    REPORT OF ANALYST— Continued.
    No.Article submitted for Analysis.By whom the sample was submitted.Result of Analysis.OBSERVATIONS BY INSPECTORS.
  • Page 143
    REPORT OF ANALYST—Continued.
    No.Article submitted for Analysis.By whom the sample was submitted.Result of Analysis.OBSERVATIONS BY INSPECTORS.
  • Page 146 147
    Guardians or Governors of the Poor of the Parish of St. James, Clerkenwell. (UNDER THE LOCAL ACT). Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditure on Account of the Poor Rate, For the Half-year ended Michaelmas, 1896.
    1896.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.1896.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 148
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    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 149
    Guardians or Governors of the Poor of the Parish of St. James, Clerkenwell. (UNDER THE LOCAL ACT). Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditure on Account of the Poor Rate, For the Half-year ended Lady-day, 1897.
    1896£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.1896.£s.d.£s.d.
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    Continued from previous page...
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d£s.d.
  • Page 160
    Abstract of sums received and expended in the Parish of ended 25th Rateable Value of
    RECEIPTS, excluding Balances and Loam££
  • Page 161
    St. James and St. John, Clerkenwell, during the year March, 1897. Parish £404.392.
    EXPENDITURE, excluding Balances and Payments out of Loans
    *†Public Roads, Streets and Paths:—££
  • Page 162
    LOAN TRANSACTIONS.
    PURPOSE OF LOAN.Amount of loan outstanding on 25th March, 1897Amount of Loan received during the Year.Amount expended out of Loans during the Year.Amount paid during the year, not including payments to or repayments out of Sinking Fund.Sinking Fund.
    Paid into Fund during the Year.Amount taken out of fund during the year and applied to repayment of principalTotal amount remaining in the Fund onthe 25th March, 1897.
    Principal.Interest.
  • Page 164 165
    PARIDS ACCOUNT.
    Name of Gift.Situation of Property.How Let.Tenant.Amount of Principal.Grosse's Annual IncomeHow Appropriated.REMARKS
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    CHURCH REPAIRS ACCOUNT.
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    CHARITIES.
    Name of Gift.Situation of Property.How Let.TenantAmount of Principal.Gross Annual Income.How appropriated.REMARKS.
    Bank of England Stock in Names of Trustees.Court of Chancery.
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    Name of Gift.Situation of Property.How Let.Tenant.AmountBank of EnglandStock in names of Trustees.Principal.Gross Annual Income.How appropriated.REMARKS.
    Court of Chancery.