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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REPORT, 1887-8.
Vestry. The ordinary meetings of the Burial Board are held at
the Vestry Hall on the first Thursday in each month.
For Members of the Burial Board and Statement of Accounts
see Section XXII.
XII. The Baths and Wash-houses.
In l871 Paddington adopted the Baths and Wash-houses
Act (9 and 10 Victoria, cap. 74), and the Baths and Wash houses
erected in the Queen s Road, on the site of premises formerly
numbered 143 and 145 were opened to the public in 1874. The
Baths and Wash-houses are under the management of Seven
Commissioners appointed by the Vestry.
For Commissioners of Baths and Wash-houses and Statement
of Accounts see Section XXIII.
XIII. The Parochial Charities.
There are certain charities under the control of the Vestry,
managed by Trustees appointed by the Vestry and the Charity
Commissioners. These Charities have an annual income of over
Two Thousand Pounds, which is yearly distributed to the Poor in
Coals and Blankets, in Grants to the Parochial National Schools,
in apprenticing sons and daughters of poor parishioners, and in
Annuities to aged persons resident in the Parish, &c.
For the Schedule of the Charities, with names of Trustees,
&c., see Section XXIV.
For the Accounts of the Charities see Section XXV.