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Fulham 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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Precept for the first: quarter of the year 1889, £3,788 3s. 1d., equal
to 2 7-16d. in the £, or at the rate of l0d. in the £ for the year.
The School Board precept for the same period is £11,687 8s. 2d.; this
is chargeable on the General Rate, and is equal to a rate of 81/8d. in the
£ the amount being a decrease of £129 12s 6d. on the previous year's
precept, and allowing for the substantial increase in the rateable value,
viz., £16,7782, as against the small increase last year of £6,898, the
Vestry are enabled in the face of the merely nominal decrease in the
amount of the precept, to reduce the rate by 3/8d. in £ on that of 1887-8.
The followiug statement shows the approximate amounts paid by this Parish for the cost of Elections and to meet the School Board Precepts, since its incorporation.
| Year. | Total Precept. | Election Expenses. | Total paid for Year. | Rate in £ approximately. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | d. | |
| 1871—1872 | 199 | 10 | 10 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 231 | 5 | 4 | 9-16 |
| 1872—1873 | 434 | 17 | 11 | 434 | 17 | 11 | 1 | |||
| 1873—1874 | 371 | 1 | 6 | 371 | 1 | 6 | 7/8 | |||
| 1874—1875 | 774 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 12 | 0 | 812 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| 1875—1876 | 1,362 | 15 | 10 | 1,362 | 15 | 10 | 3 | |||
| 1876—1877 | 2,201 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 3 | 7 | 2,243 | 8 | 1 | 45/8 |
| 1877—1878 | 2,591 | 5 | 0 | 2,591 | 5 | 0 | 5¼ | |||
| 1878-1879 | 2,629 | 4 | 9 | 2,629 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| 1879—1880 | 2,958 | 8 | 3 | 45 | 14 | 1 | 3,004 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1880—1881 | 3,549 | 17 | 3 | 3,549 | 17 | 3 | ||||
| 1881—1882 | 4,346 | 3 | 2 | 4,346 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 1882—1888 | 4,695 | 1 | 8 | 67 | 10 | 11 | 4,762 | 12 | 7 | |
| 1883—1884 | 5.915 | 17 | 11 | 5,915 | 17 | 11 | ||||
| 1884—1885 | 7,946 | 13 | 7 | 7.946 | 13 | 7 | ||||
| 1885—1886 | 9,658 | 4 | 1 | 107 | 8 | 5 | 9,765 | 12 | 6 | 8¼ |
| 1886—1887 | 12,402 | 11 | 2 | 12,402 | 11 | 2 | 87/8 | |||
| 1887—1888 | 11,817 | 0 | 8 | 11,817 | 0 | 8 | 8½ | |||
| 1888—1889 | 11,687 | 8 | 2 | 11,687 | 8 | 2 | 81/8 | |||
| Total | 85,541 | 17 | 0 | 332 | 8 | 6 | 85,874 | 0 | 6 | |
The Precepts for 1889-90, including the cost of the School Board
Election amounts to £13,713 7s. 9d., equal to 9d. in £.
ESTIMATES.
During the past year the Vestry estimated the amount required to
be raised by Rates to meet its expenses, and the call of other bodies to
be as follows:—