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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
Newington 1895
Fortieth annual report of the proceedings of the Vestry of the Parish of St. Mary, Newington, London...
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I am in hopes the Vestry will upon reconsideration agree with myself
that 7d. per ton is an excessive price to pay for loading mixture; and as
the loaders have imposed upon your kindness by not giving a fair day's
work for a fair day's pay, that you will assert your authority over them
by placing them again under a system of piecework at a fair remunerative
price, in order that the cost of loading per ton may be kept within a
reasonable limit.
It was thereupon resolved, on the motion of Mr. Chandler:—
That the Vestry take no action upon the report presented by the Clerk
relating to the increased cost of loading refuse in the Town Depot,
except calling upon him to carry out his duties as Depot Manager.
The men were charged 2/- each as their subscription, but notwithstanding this and the extra £10 granted by the Vestry the balance appeared on the wrong side, as will be seen from the following account:—
| Dr. | £ | s. | d. | Cr. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To Balance in hand | 2 | 5 | 1 | By L.C. & D. Ry. Special | £ | s. | d. | |||
| ,, Contribution from Vestry | 40 | 0 | 0 | Train | £76 | 4 | 0 | |||
| „ Subscriptions from Con | Less 10% | 7 | 12 | 5 | ||||||
| tractors, Vestrymen, and others | 35 | 1 | 6 | 68 | 11 | 7 | ||||
| „ Woodward, Dinner | 50 | 5 | 6 | |||||||
| ,, Amount paid by Workmen for Railway and Dinner Tickets, 276 | ,, Neale & Co , Tobacco | 4 | 8 | 4 | ||||||
| ,, Gratuities in lieu of Holiday | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||||||
| at 2s. | 27 | 12 | 0 | ,, Printing and Postage | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| ,, Railway Tickets sold to members and friends, 108 at 4s. | 21 | 12 | 0 | ,, Sundry expenses | 1 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ Balance | 1 | 18 | 2 | |||||||
| £128 | 8 | 9 | £128 | 8 | 9 | |||||
The number attending this excursion was the largest ever experienced;
but the number of Vestrymen was unusually small, and
the fund had therefore to bear the cost of additional waiters and
carvers. There was also a falling-off in the donations from