Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1896 made to the Vestry of Saint James's, Westminster
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Statement of the Receipts and Expenditure of the Trustees of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Almshouse and Pension Charity.
RECEIPTS. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | PAYMENTS. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||||
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Balance in the hands of the Bankers | 774 | 8 | 6 | BALANCE due to the Clerk and Receiver (Almswomen Account) | 44 | 10 | 6 | ||||||||||||
Insurance. | Rent and Insurance. | ||||||||||||||||||
Lamp Acre Estate— | Ditto (Petty Cash Account) | 2 | 5 | 5½ | |||||||||||||||
£ | 3. | d. | £ | s. | d. | 46 | 15 | 11½ | |||||||||||
Orme, G., & Co., for Premises used as a Distillery and 3 Houses in Pocock Street (Rent only) | 215 | 0 | 0 | Amounts paid to Almswomen | 097 | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||||
,, ,, Pensioners | 1,853 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
2,951 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Less Property Tax | 7 | 3 | 4 | Almshouses Expenses— | £ | s. | d. | ||||||||||||
207 | 16 | 8 | Cab Fares to and from Almshouses | 1 | 16 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Young, F., for 24, Friar Street (Rent only) up to 24th June, 1896 | 40 | 0 | 0 | Coal and Coke, Wigan Coal Company | 10 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Chapel Decorations (2 years) | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Less Property and Land Tax | 1 | 17 | 3 | Drapery Goods—Shoolbred & Co. | 7 | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||||
38 | 2 | 9 | Dust Removal—St. Martin's Vestry | 13 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Thompson, W., for 26, Friar Street, up to about September, 1896 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 49 | 13 | 0 | Flowers and Manure | 6 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||
Funeral Expenses— | |||||||||||||||||||
Less Property Tax | 1 | 10 | 0 | Hastings, E | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
48 | 3 | 0 | kerswill M | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Whitbread & Co., for 29, Friar Street | 2 | 8 | 0 | 182 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Less Property Tax | 5 | 10 | 0 | Gas—Gas Light and Coke Company | 24 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||
176 | 18 | 0 | Garden Hose—Britannia Rubber Company | 4 | 12 | 3 | |||||||||||||
Gardner W., tor 1 to 9, and 14, Miniver Street | 2 | 6 | 0 | 102 | 6 | 0 | Income Tax—Marshall, C. W. | 0 | 10 | 8 | |||||||||
Infirmary Expenses | 16 | 4 | 2½ | ||||||||||||||||
Less Property Tax | 3 | 6 | 8 | Insurance—Sun Fire Office | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||
98 | 19 | 4 | Playing Harmonium—Clubb, F. | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Gardner, W., Collector for 10 to 13, and | |||||||||||||||||||
Poor Rates—Greenfield, J. Z. | 32 | 12 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
15 to 28, Miniver Street | 399 | 10 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Repairs, &c., Hobson, J. D. (from August | |||||||||||||||||||
Goulden, the late Rev. A., 1 Year's Rent of a piece of land at the rear of 166 to 169, Blackfriars Road | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
1895, to May, 1896) | 121 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Salaries and Wages— | |||||||||||||||||||
Archer, Mr. and Mrs., Caretaker and | |||||||||||||||||||
Calcutt, the Rev. A. M., ditto | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Matron | 65 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Cockspur Street Estate— | Bloomfield, Mrs., Superannuation Allowance | 25 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Commissioners of H.M. Woods, &c., Rent | Claremont, C. C., Medical Officer | 35 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Charge on 13, Cockspur Street | 180 | 0 | 0 | Filby, M., Cleaner | 31 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Less Property Tax | 6 | 0 | 0 | Lowndes, Rev. E. A., Chaplain | 60 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
174 | 0 | 0 | Wood, M. A., Nurse | 40 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
International Sleeping Car Co., for 14, | 256 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Cockspur Street | 5 | 2 | 0 | 485 | 2 | 0 | Surveyor's Charges-—Mason, C. | 7 | 17 | 6 | |||||||||
Less Property Tax | 16 | 0 | 0 | Sweeping Chimneys-—Pettifer, W. | 6 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||
469 | 2 | 0 | Water—New River Co. | 16 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
533 | 13 | 8½ | |||||||||||||||||
Harborrow, John, & Co., for 15, Cockspur Street | 8 | 11 | 6 | 708 | 11 | 6 | Miniver Street Houses (Nos. 10 to 13, and 15 to 28)— | ||||||||||||
Less Property Tax | 23 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
Cox, J.—Assessed Taxes | 11 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
685 | 4 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
Gardner, W.—Repairs (from October, 1890, to August. 1896) | 56 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Holborn Estate— | Ditto, Commission | 35 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Rogulski, Mrs., for 192, Drury Lane | 1 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 2 | 0 | Ditto, County Court proceedings | 1 | 16 | 6 | |||||||||
Less property Tax | 1 | 18 | 10 | Lambeth Water Company—Water | 13 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||||
69 | 3 | 2 | Page, W.—Rates | 54 | 8 | 11 | |||||||||||||
Symonds, W., for 193, Drury Lane | 1 | 7 | 0 | 66 | 7 | 0 | Sun Fire Office—Insurance | 2 | 13 | 9 | |||||||||
Less Property Tax | 2 | 3 | 4 | 64 | 3 | 8 | Surveyor's Charges—Chadwick & Pilditch | 2 | 2 | 0 | 177 | 10 | 2 | ||||||
Carr & Horton, for 171, High Holborn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 0 | 0 | Auditor's Charges—Petitt, G. A. | 4 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
Clerk and Receiver—Murnane, G. W., 1 Years Salary | 100 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Less Property Tax | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Cheque Book—Drummond, Messrs. | 0 | 4 A | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
118 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Downe's Charity—St. Martin's Parochial Trustees | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Hamshaw, T. P., for 172, High Holborn | 1 | 10 | 0 | 76 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Gratuity to Messenger | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Less Property Tax | 2 | 10 | 0 | Insurance on various properties Sun Fire Office | 53 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
74 | 0 | 0 | Ditto, 15, Cockspur Street-Phœnix Fire Office | 6 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Yeomans, T., for 173, High Holborn | 5 | 5 | 0 | 80 | 5 | 0 | Repairs at 174, High Holborn—Philips, G. | 70 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||
Less Property Tax | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Carried forward | £3,964 | 14 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
77 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Carried forward | £31 | 4 | 6 | £3,477 | 7 | 5 |