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St Mary (Battersea) 1890

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea]

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Elected
Auditors.
The Auditors retiring from office on the 10th May
were Messrs. Charles Alfred Moore, William Stewart,
James Henry Thomas, and John Tomkins; and it will be seen
by the foregoing declarations that Messrs. Moore and Tomkins
were re-elected by the ratepayers to again serve the Parish in
the capacity of Auditors of Accounts for Wards Nos. 1 and 4
respectively for the ensuing year, and Messrs. Joseph Harwood
and John Thomas Rees were elected for Wards Nos. 2 and 3.
Churchwardens
and Sidesmen.
The Rev. Canon J. Erskine Clarke, M.A., Vicar of
the Parish, proceeded at the meeting of the Vestry,
held on the 24th April, to nominate, in accordance with custom,
persons to serve the offices of Vicar's Churchwarden and Sidesman
for the year ensuing, and appointed Mr. Henry Muspratt,
of Falkland, Nightingale Lane, as Churchwarden; and Mr.
James Julius Lawrence, of No. 12, Bridge Road West, as Sidesman
; Mr. William Daws, of No. 47, Honeywell Road, and Mr.
James Clark, of No. 59, Lavender Hill were respectively elected
by the Vestry to the offices of Parish Churchwarden and Parish
Sidesman.
Overseers.
The Justices for the Wandsworth Petty Sessional
Division acting upon the recommendation of the Vestry,
appointed Messrs. William Davies, of Roseberry Villa,
Alexandra Avenue, Joseph William Norton, of No. 37, Marney
Road, Horace Turnor, of No. 27, Shelgate Road, and William
Wilkins, of Whynot, Ilminster Gardens, Overseers of the Poor
for the ensuing year.
Burial
Board.
The Vestry on the 24th April proceeded in accordance
with section 4 of the 18 and 19 Vic., cap. 108, to fill the
vacancies upon the Burial Board for this Parish, occasioned by
the retirement of Messrs. J. T. Mellor, J. Walton and W.
Wilkins, when Mr. W. Wilkins, of Whynot, Ilminster Gardens,
was re-appointed, and Messrs. William Frank Grey, of No. 105,
Culvert Road, and George Ugle, of No. 2, Eland Road, were
appointed Members of the Board.