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Paddington 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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56 Borough of Paddington.
The Rates levied by the Vestry since the passing of the Metropolis Local Management Act in 1855 for all purposes, including those over which the Vestry has no control, have been as follow:—
| s. | d. | £ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For the year 1856 2 | based upon a rateable | 522,570 | ||
| value of | ||||
| 1857 2 | 6 | „ | 538,879 | |
| 1858 2 | 4 | „ | 582,995 | |
| 1859 2 | 7 | „ | 605,382 | |
| 1860 3 | 0 | „ | 625,479 | |
| 1861 2 | 8 | „ | 643,063 | |
| 1862 2 | 8 | „ | 617,840 | |
| 1863 2 | 8½ | „ | 646,256 | |
| 1864 3 | 0 | „ | 663,172 | |
| 1865 3 | 0 | „ | 685,434 | |
| 1866 3 | 2 | „ | 704,714 | |
| 1867 3 | 6 | „ | 729,838 | |
| 1868 3 | 5½ | „ | 740,686 | |
| 1869 3 | 9 | „ | 759,158 | |
| 1870 4 | 0 | „ | 773,524 | |
| Under the Provisions of the Valuation (Metropolis) Act, 1869. | 1871 3 | 4 | „ | 954,868 |
| 1872 3 | 1½ | „ | 968,340 | |
| 1873 3 | 4½ | „ | 984,582 | |
| 1874 3 | 7½ | „ | 995,009 | |
| 1875 3 | 6 | „ | 1,004,095 | |
| 1876 3 | 6 | „ | 1,091,656 | |
| 1877 3 | 6½ | „ | 1,098,262 | |
| 1878 3 | 7 | „ | 1,115,550 | |
| 1879 3 | 9 | „ | 1,125,644 | |
| 1880 3 | 11½ | „ | 1,140,100 | |
| 1881 3 | 10 | „ | 1,214,844 | |
| 1882 3 | 10 | „ | 1,234,626 | |
| 1883 4 | 0 | „ | 1,243,708 | |
| 1884 4 | 2 | „ | 1,249,968 | |
| 1885 4 | 6½ | „ | 1,259,732 | |
| 1886 4 | 5 | „ | 1,276,254 | |
| 1887 4 | 4½ | „ | 1,273,030 | |
| 1888 4 | 4 | „ | 1,276,776 | |
| 1889 4 | 8 | „ | 1,280,348 | |
| 1890 4 | 10½ | „ | 1,284,770 | |
The Rateable Value of the Parish, based upon the Rate made
in October, 1890, was £1,284,770.
List of the Principal Statutes under which Rates are Levied.
*** The earliest Acts are alone given in this List, the object being to show
the dates at which the duty of levying a rate was in each case imposed
on the Parochial Authorities:—
I. Poor Rate.—18 b 19 Vic., Cap. 120 (a.d. 1855). (Transferring
to the existing Vestry the powers and duties given or reserved
to the Vestry elected under the Local Act of 1824,
5 Geo. IV., Cap. 126, which superseded the Open Common
Law Vestry).
II. Lighting Rate.—The same.
III. General Rate.—The same.
IV. Sewers Rate.—The same.
V. Main Drainage and Metropolitan Consolidated Rate.—The same. 1
VI. Church Building Rate.—58 Geo. III., Cap. 45 (a.d. 1818).
VII. Poor Rate proper.—43 Eliz., Cap. 2 (a.d. 1601).
VIII. Police Rate.—10 Geo. IV., Cap. 44 (a.d. 1829).
IX. County Rate.—12 Geo. II., Cap. 29 (a.d. 1738).
X. Common Poor Fund Rate.—30 and 31 Vic., Cap. 6 (a.d. 18G7).
XI. Metropolitan Asylum District Rate.—The same.
XII. West London District School Rate.—7 & 8 Vic., Cap. 101 (a.d. 1844).
XIII. Metropolitan Fire Brigade Rate.—28 & 29 Vic., Cap. 90 (a.d. 1865).
XIV. Baths and Wash-houses Rate.—9 and 10 Vic., Cap. 74 (a.d. 1846).
XV. Sewers Rate.—18 and 19 Vic., Cap. 120 (a.d. 1855).
XVI. School Board Rate.—33 and 34 Vic., Cap. 75 (a.d. 1870).
XVII. Main Drainage Rate.—18 and 19 Vic., Cap. 120 (a.d. 1855).
XVIII. Metropolitan Consolidated Rate.—32 & 33 Vic., Cap. 102 (a.d. 1869)
FRANK DETHRIDGE,
Vestry Clerk,