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Mile End 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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8 JUNE, 1892.
circumstances of the case, resolved to recommend—That
Mrs. Leshaw be granted a gratuity equal to one halt a year's
salary of the late Mr. Leshaw, namely, £112 10/-; but that
the amount due to the Vestry by the deceased be deducted
therefrom.
(4) That your Committee have considered the following
reference of your Board of the 16th March last:
"That as it has been the custom for large sums of
" money, one sum amounting in the case of Nott v. The
"Vestry to £831, to be paid out of the Clerk's petty
"cash, and to be subject only to the examination of the
"Finance Committee, it be referred to that Committee
"to consider and report whether the practice should not
"be amended, so as to bring particulars of any payments
"that are beyond ordinary petty cash expenditure before
"the Vestry for its approval."
That with regard to the statement in the reference "that
one sum amounting in the case of Nott v. The Vestry to
£831 "had been paid out of the Clerk's petty cash, your
Committee beg to report that there is not any single sum of
£831 or any like sum so appearing.
That your Committee find that 111 the aggregate sums amounting to £831 7s. 9d. were paid in the case referred to, but they do not appear in one sum, but in several sums under different dates, viz.:
| 1891. July 18. The Solicitor General, for two fees | 6 | 0 | |
| Mr. Cubitt Nicholls, Referee's fee | 9 | 6 | |
| Nov. 17. „ Houghton, fees | 244 | 10 | 6 |
| „ Lumley Smith, Arbitrator's fee | 61 | 6 | 9 |
| Thirteen other items amounting to in the aggregate | 386 | 15 | 0 |
| £831 | 9 |
That of the said sum, two payments, viz.: £244 10s. 6d.
and £135 making together £379 10s. 6d., were brought before
and paid by the Vestry direct to the persons.
That of the remaining £451 17s. 3d. about £100 was for
expenses properly coming within the definition of Petty Cash
expenses, and several of the other items although appearing
in one sum, were not so paid but sums were paid on account.
That with regard to the statement that the items are only
subject to the examination of the Finance Committee, your
Committee beg to report that they have always considered it
part of their duties to examine on behalf of the Vestry the
Clerk's Petty Cash Book, and to ascertain the position of
affairs before recommending the Vestry to draw a cheque, and