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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Mile End 1882
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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Officers
continued
In addition to the Officers before mentioned, who are under
the sole control of the Vestry, and whose salaries are paid out of
the moneys under the Vestry's control, the Vestry have the duty
cast upon them of electing Officers who, when appointed, are
under the direction of others, and whose salaries are not paid out
of funds over which the Vestry has control.
The principal of these is the Vestry Clerk, who is appointed
under the Vestry Clerk's Act, and who, when appointed, is the
Clerk to the Churchwardens and Overseers, and by virtue of his
office he is Clerk to the Assessment Committee.
As Clerk to the Assessment Committee the Vestry Clerk is subject to that Committee's control, but his salary is paid by the Vestry.
| Officers. | Names. | Period of holding office. | Salary of Clerk to Assessment Committee. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vestry Clerk | Edward Joseph Southwell | 1855 to 1876. | £50 per annum except during the year for the quinquennial valuation when it is £100. |
| William Thompson.. | 1870 to 1881. | ||
| Henry Coningham | 1881 to present time. | ||
| Collectors of Rates. | W. F. Jackson | 17 Sop. 1850 to 22 Oct. 185(5. | |
| J. L. Dale | ,, to present time. | ||
| R. Stool | ,, to 1803. | ||
| C. C. Moore | „ to 8 Oct., 1853. | ||
| F. Dexter | „ to 1802. | ||
| T. Moore | Oct. 1850 to 18(32. | ||
| \V. R. Jackson | ,, to 1866. | ||
| J. Nowton, junr | 1862 to present time. | ||
| E. J. Stainforth | „ „ | ||
| W. H. Hart | 1863 „ | ||
| Joseph Ludbrook | 1866 „ |