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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
St James's 1896
Report for the year 1896 made to the Vestry of Saint James's, Westminster
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| Benefactor. | OBJECT. | By whom Administered. | Annual Income | SOURCE OF INCOME. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | |||||
| 8 | Ann Broder, Bishop Porteus. Dean Andrews. | For the relief of Poor Housekeepers and others. | Rector for the time being. | 21 | 6 | 0 | £774 11s. Consols. |
| 9 | Samuel Jackson, 1823. | To pay 1s. a piece to 20 Poor Men and 20 Poor Women in the Workhouse, who shall have lived most respectably in the world, and shall constantly attend Divine worship at the Chapel in the Infirmary, or who shall give good cause for non-attendance. The amount was last reduced to 9d. in consequence of an alteration in the Stock, The original trust becoming inapplicable on the formation of the Westminster Union, the income arising from this bequest was, by a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners, dated 28th September, 1881, directed to be applied by the Trustees in contributing to the funds of any Convalescent Hospital for the reception, treatment, and maintenance of deserving poor persons of either sex, who shall have partially recovered from, but shall be still incapacitated to some extent by the effects of accident, injury, or sickness, with the object of promoting their complete restoration to health. | Rector, Churchwardens, and Overseers for the time being. Distributed weekly, after Chapel Service on Sunday Morning, by the Master of the Workhouse. | 71 | 10 | 0 | £2,600 Consols. |
| By same Trustees. (Applications for letters of admission to be made any week-day morning to Mr. Redman, at the Parish Church Vestry.) | Now standing in the names of the Official Trustees of Charitable Funds. | ||||||
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