Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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The following Rates have been levied :—
Date. | Poor. | Lighting. | General. | Sewers. | Metropolis Main Drainage. | Church. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
April Rate 1868 | 1½ | 6 | 2½ | — | 1 | 8 | ||
October Rate, 1868 | 11½ | 1½ | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | ||
Is. 9d. | 3d. | l1d. | 3d. | 3 | 5½ |
The Present Assessment of the Parish to the Poor Rate is
£ 708,560.
The number of Borough Voters, according to the present
Register, is 7011.
The number of County Voters is 67.
The number of Persons returned in the Jury List presented to
the Justices of the Peace on the 28th day of September last,
amounted to 3811.
During the year, 33 Meetings of the Vestry, and 106 Meetings
of the various Committees have been held, making a total of
139 Meetings.
The Works, Sanitary and otherwise, carried into effect during
the year, appear in the Reports of the respective Officers, hereunto
annexed ; and such Reports are followed by the Documents required
by the 198th section of the Metropolis Local Management Act,
with which documents the present Report concludes.
(By Order )
FRANK DETHRIDGE,
Vestry Clerk.
Vestry Hall; j
17th July, 1869.