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St George (Westminster) 1877

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]

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Thus leaving a sum of £68,268 6s. 7d. expended under
the control of the Vestry.
Burial Board.
A return of the money paid out of the Poor Rate, and
from Rent Accounts to the Burial Board, since its formation,
up to 25th March, 1878, and a return of the number
of interments in the Cemetery at Hanwell, for every year
or part of a year, showing the number of parishioners
and non-parishioners at Uxbridge Road, near Hanwell, are
printed in Appendices Nos. 5 and 6.
A plan, showing the laying out of the Cemetery can be
seen at the Board Room, Mount Street, and full particulars
of charges, &c., can also be obtained at the above office.
Baths and Wash-houses.
A return of the money, paid out of the Poor Rate, to
the Commissioners of Baths and Wash-houses, up to the
year ended March 25th, 1878, is printed in Appendix
No. 7. This return, shows the sums paid every year by the
Commissioners, for redemption of capital, interest of money
borrowed, and rent of premises; together with the amounts
received for rent of premises let off; the amount of loan
outstanding, the dates when the loan will be paid off, and
the dates of the expiration of the leases of premises held
by the Commissioners.
The Baths are situated in Davies Street, Berkeley
Square, and in Buckingham Palace Road, Pimlico. They
are not open on Sundays.
Sanitary Report.
The Sanitary condition of the Parish, has been watched
over by Dr. Corfield, the Medical Officer of Health and

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£s.d.
Poor (less £40,000 received for purchase-money of Little Chelsea Workhouse, this sum being thus appropriated,—£29,328, proportion of purchase-money required from this Parish, and £10,762 paid to Guardians to invest. See page 35)147,996142
General£100,82193
Less repaid from Sewers Account£1,16182
99,66011
Sewers1,92173
Metropolitan Consolidated Rate31,951611
£281,52995

Out of this sum of £281,529 95. 5 d.,the following payments were made to various authorities, over the expenditure of which the Vestry have no control, viz.:—

Poor Rate Account.
£s.d.
St. George's Union104,414183
Police Rate39,15761
Commissioners of Baths, &c.2,23068
Burial Board60000
General Management Account.
£s.d.
School Board for London .32,6641010
Ditto (Election Expenses)56405
33,228113
Committee for Managing Hanover-square Additional Rate6600
Metropolitan Consolidated Rate Account.
Metropolitan Board of Works.30,21628
£1209,913411