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Rotherhithe 1879

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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"and the Vicar of Christ Church aforesaid for the time being, shall receive the dividends
"of the same Stocks, Funds and Securities as the same shall become payable, and lay out
"the same in such manner as they shall think most advisable for the benefit of as many old
"men and women then residing in any of the several distriets of Rotherhithe aforesaid as the
"amount of such dividends will reasonably permit. Provided always, and I hereby de"clare
that the Rector of Rotherhithe aforesaid for the time being, the Minister of the
"said Church of St. Barnabas aforesaid for the time being, and the Vicar of Christ
"Church aforesaid for the time being, shall be the Trustees and Administrators of the
"said Stocks. Funds and Securities to be purchased with the said sum ot £5,000 as
"aforesaid, and that whenever any person who has been such Rector, Minister, or
"Viear shall by death or otherwise cease to hold that position, then and in every such
"case, so soon as any other person shall be appointed to be such Rector, Minister, or
"Vicar as aforesaid, the same Stocks, Funds and securities shall be transferred into the
"joint names of the Rector of Rotherhithe aforesaid for the time being, the Minister of
"the said Church of St. Barnabas aforesaid for the time being, and the Vicar of Christ
"Church aforesaid for the time being."
The Charity Commissioners have approved and established a scheme for the administration
of this Charity, under which the Rector of this Parish, the Vicar of St.
Barnabas, and the Vicar of Christ Church and their respective successors for the time
being are the Trustees of the Charity, and they are thereby directed to pay to fifteen
Pensioners, being poor persons of good character, who, except in special cases, are to be
approved of by the Charity Commissioners, an annual stipend of £10. The Pensioners
are to be persons of not less than GO years of age, and who have not during the period
of two years next preceding the date of their appointment received Poor Law relief,
and who from age, ill-health, accident or infirmity are unable to maintain themselves by
their own exertions with a preference for those persons who being otherwise qualified as
aforesaid shall have become reduced by misfortune from better circumstances.
Of the Pensioners, eight are always to be Men and seven are always to be Women,
and at the date of their appointment they arc to be bona fide resident inhabitants, as to
Six in the Ecelesiastical District attached or belonging to the Parish Church of St.
Mary, Rotherhithe, as to Five in the Parish or Ecclesiastical District of St. Barnabas,
Rotherhithe, and as to Four in the Parish or Ecclesiastical District of Christ Church,
Rotherhithe.
The Trustees have power to remove any Pensioner who shall be guilty of insobriety,
breach of regulations, immorality, or unbecoming conduct, or shall receive Poor Law
relief, or shall become otherwise disqualified from retaining his or her qualification, or
the Trustees may in any such case (except that of death or disqualification) if they so
think fit suspend the payment of the stipend to the Pensioner, either wholly or in part,
during such time as they shall think fit.
A copy of this scheme is deposited in the Vestry Offices.

Charity Estates, &c.

The accounts of Messrs. Edward James Talbot and Francis John Bisley, Churchwardens for the year 1879-80, have been audited, and the following is a copy of the Charities Account, viz.: