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REPORT
of the
Vestry of the Parish of Fulham,
FOR THE YEAR 1889-90.
Clerk's Department,
June, 1890.
Gentlemen,
I beg to present to you the Fourth Annual Report of the Vestry
for the year ended 25th March, 1890.
Population.
The following Statement will show the rateable value, population,
and number of houses, at various periods, from 1856 to 1890.
Date.
Rateable Value.
Number or Houses.
Population.
£
1856
47,492
2,350—estimated.
14,100—estimated.
1861
55,916
2,583
15,539—census.
1871
100,121
3,909
23,378 do.
1881
190,136
6,685
42,895 do.
1890
385,407
12,428—estimated.
86,000—estimated.
Election of Vestrymen.
On the 21st and 22nd May, 1890, the days appointed by the Vestry,
the Annual Election of Vestrymen and Auditors took place, at the undermentioned
places:—
North End Ward.—At May Street Schoolroom.
Walham Ward.—At St. John's National Schools, Walham Green.
South Fulham Ward.—At Mission Hall, Cornwall Street.
' The cost of the Election, as certified by the Churchwardens, amounted
to £40 5s. 6d., and the Vestry, on the 11th June, 1890, passed the order
for payment of same out of the Poor Rate of the Parish, as provided by
Act of Parliament.
Overseers.
On the 2nd April, 1890, the Justices of the Peace for the Kensington
Division appointed Messrs. Thomas Goodacre, Arthur Williams, and
Richard Edward Cranfield, to be Overseers of the Poor for the year 1890-1.
Burial Board.
The Members of this Board who retired by effluxion of time in 1890
were Rev. F. H. Fisher, Rev. W. E. Batty, and Mr. E. G. Easton, of whom
Rev. F. H. Fisher and Rev. W. E. Batty were re-elected, and Mr. J. Long
was elected in the room of Mr. E. G. Easton.