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Newington 1895

Fortieth annual report of the proceedings of the Vestry of the Parish of St. Mary, Newington, London...

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Governors of St. Saviour's Grammar School to remove this ancient
foundation to the Clapham Eoad, and asking the Charity Commissioners
to withhold their consent thereto.
Sale of Ice Creams.—In reply to a letter from the Yestry
of Clerkenwell, with accompanying copy of analyst's report to the
Local Government Board on bacteriological examination of water
in which ice cream glasses had been washed, the Yestry on the
21st February 1896 sent a copy of its resolution of the 6th February
1895 on the subject, as printed at page 47 of the last Annual
Report.
County Rate Basis for Hamlet of Penge.—The notice
sent down from the London County Council relative to the proposed
reduction in the basis of standard of the hamlet of Penge from
£153,224 to £151,820 for a County Rate was duly posted in
February 1896 by the Clerk, and no objections thereto were
received.
Hospital Saturday Fund. The following sums were
paid over to the Treasurer of the Fund on the dates named, being
the proceeds of the penny-a-week collection among the workmen of
the Vestry:—
1895, August 2nd £1 10 6½
1896, January 3rd 1 12 8½
£3 3 3
Standing Orders.—The following additional Standing Orders
were adopted by the Vestry during the year:—
That copies of the agenda paper for each meeting be hung up in a suitable
frame in the public gallery and other conspicuous positions within the
Vestry premises, for the perusal and convenience of the public
attending the meetings of the Vestry. (3rd April 1895.)
That no person engaged by this Vestry be allowed to act either as presiding
officer or poll clerk at any election without the permission of the
Vestry. (17th April 1895.)
That in future the Medical Officer of Health be requested to examine all
workmen who are absent from their duties on account of illness, and
supply the Committee under which such workmen are engaged with
a certificate. (29th May 1895.)