Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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William Terwin's Charity.
Mr. William Terwin, by will, dated 2nd December, 1824,
loft the sum of £350 Consols to the Rcctor and Churchwardens,
the interest of which was to purchase bread, to bo
distributed annually, in January, in that part of the Out
Ward of tho Parish called Neat House.
The sum is invested in Consols, and realizes £10 10s.
per annum, which is distributed by the Rector and Churchwardens.
Mrs. Nasmyth's Charity.
Mrs. Nasmyth, by will, dated 15th May, 1869,
bequeathed tho residue of her estate, to the Rector and
Churchwardens for the time being, to bo invested by them
in their names in tho Consolidated Throe per Cent. Bank
Annuities, or upon Government or Real Securities,
in trust to pay and distribute the dividends and interest
arising therefrom half-yearly as they shall become due
and payable, in relief or gifts to tho deserving poor,
born or residing in the said Parish, who shall not at any
timo have received, or bo then in tho receipt of Parish
relief. Evory unmarried person selected to bo paid tho sum
of £1 half-yearly, and overy married person selected the sum
of £2 half-yearly. It being Mrs. Nasmyth's wish that as
many shall participate in tho bequest as the annual produco
thereof will admit of when distributed at the said rates, and
further, that the selection of persons from among the
deserving poor shall at all times be under tho entire control
of the Rector and Churchwardens for the time being, but so,
nevertheless, that thoy shall solect as recipients in the proportion
of two married persons, widows, or widowers, to ono
unmarried person.