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REPORT, 1899-1900.
Vestry the duties and responsibilities of the Burial Board from
Lady-day, 1899.
For Report and Accounts of the Cemetery Committee, see
page 152.
XII. The Baths and Wash-houses.
In 1871 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 up to Lady-day, 1899, were under the
management of Seven Commissioners appointed by the Vestry.
On 3rd November, 1898, an Order was passed by the Local
Government Board transferring to the Vestry the duties and
responsibilities of the Commissioners of Baths and Wash-houses
from Lady-day, 1899.
For Report and Accounts of the Baths and Wash-houses'
Committee, see page 157.
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 page 177.
For the Accounts of the Charities see page 183.
XIV. Members of the Vestry.
The following is a List of the names of members
constituting the Vestry during the year 1899-1900;