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REPORT
of the
VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF FULHAM
FOR THE YEAR 1886-7.
Pursuant to the 198th Section of the Metropolis Local Management
Act, 1855, the Vestry present herewith Account in Abstract,
Summary statement, and Report of their proceedings in the execution
of the said Act and amending Acts, for the year ended the
24th June, 1887; statement of works completed and in progress;
also proceedings in regard to removal of nuisances ; and appended
hereto will be found a copy of the Annual Report of the Surveyor,
the Medical Officer of Health, Balance Sheet of the Accounts of
the Fulham Burial Board, Balance Sheet of the Accounts of the
United Charities, Statement of the Treasurer's Account of the
Fulham Waste Land and Lygon's Almshouses, Statement of the
Accounts of the Charity called Fulham Church House, and a
Statement of the Accounts of the Charity called Sir Wm,
Powell's Almshouses Trust, in this parish.
clerk's department, 1887.
By the Metropolis Management Amendment Act, 1885, the
late Fulham District Board of Works was dissolved, and the
parishes of Fulham and Hammersmith created corporate bodies
under Schedule A of the Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855
as from the 26 th March, 1886.
For the information of parishioners who may be unacquainted
with the extent and boundaries of the parish, the following general
particulars are given.