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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
Clerkenwell 1896
Forty-first annual report of the Vestry of the Parish of St. James and St. John, Clerkenwell for the year 1896-97
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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. | ||||||||
| John Smith's Gift | Latea Rent Charge of £2 12s. per annum on house in Turnmill St. | 86 13 4 | 2 7 8 | To the Poor | Purchased by Metropolitan Railway Company. Trustees of Stock, Messrs. S. A. Brooks, W. Robson, and W. Davies. | |||
| Sir Edward Smith's Gift | Rent Charge on "Crown" Tavern, Clerkenwell Green | Mr. Maples | 2 0 0 | To the Poor | ||||
| Skydmore's Gift | Rent Charge on houses in St. Ann, Ladgate | 1 0 0 | Fuel to the Poor | Paid by Vintners' Company | ||||
| Garrett's Gift | Portion of Rent Charge on house in Holborn | 0 6 8 | To the Poor | Paid by Haberdashers' Co. | ||||
| Loveday's Gift | 5 0 0 | Bread on St. John's Day | Legacy of £100 which was laid out in erecting a gallery in the Church, the Parishioners agreeing to pay a perpetual yearly sum of £5 as legal interest thereon, to be distributed to the Poor according to the intention of the donor. Guaranteed by | |||||
| Crosse's Gift | Proceeds of portion of purchase-money of Burial Ground, Ray Street, Sold to Commissioners under the Clerkenwell Improvement Act | 259 13 6 | 7 2 8 | Minister for Sermon on or about St. Thomas's Day 30/-, Church-wardens a pair of Gloves each 5/-, Clerk, Sexton and beadle 6/- each, Bellringers 10/-, resi- due to the Poor 1/6 each | Trustees of Stock, Messrs. W. M. Foxcroft, W. Robson, and W. Davies. | |||
| Richards' Gift | 181 14 6 | 4 19 8 | Half-peck Loaves to the poor | Trustees of Stock, Messrs. G. Croucher, G. B. Meyer, and J. J. Goode | ||||
| Nieman's Gift No. 1 | 562 10 0 | 15 9 4 | Bread and Coals to the Poor | Trustees of Stock, Messrs. S. A. Brooks, E. Sans, and W. J. Ironside | ||||
| Nieman's Gift No. 2 | 585 0 0 | 16 1 8 | Half to St. John's, other half in Coals and sums of 1/6 to the Poor | Trustees of Stock, Messrs. A. Goad, W. Robson, E. Sans and W. Wootton | ||||
| Leverington Charity | 1333 6 8 | 36 13 4 | 2/- per week each to 40 poor per-sons during first 10 weeks in January, February and March | |||||
| Baldwin's Gift | 159 8 0 | 4 7 4 | £1 on 14th Feb to female orphans who are or have been paupers in the Clerkenwell Workhouse | Trustees of Stock, Messrs. J. W. Franklin, W. F. Palmer, H. Hill, | ||||
| Woodward's Gift | 917 3 11 | 25 4 4 | To the Poor | Trustees of Stock, M essrs. G. Blackie, G. B. Meyer, and J. J. | ||||
| Wright's Gift | 539 13 3 | 14 16 8 | 4/- each to poor widows on Christmas Eve | Trustees of Stock, "The Official Trustees of Charitable Funds " |