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Rotherhithe 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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London Equalisation of Rates Act, 1894.
On 7th September, 1894, the following Order of the Local Government Board under
Section 2 was received:—
To the Guardians or the Toon of the several Toon Law Unions wholly or
partly comprised in the Administrative County of London;—
To the Overseers of the poor of the several Parishes comprised in the said
County;—
To the several Sanitary Authorities in the said County; -
And to all others whom it may concern.
WHEREAS We, the Local Government Board, are required by Section 2 of the
London (Equalisation of Rates) Act, 1894, by Order to prescribe the Forms of
contribution orders, precepts, demand notes, and receipts so far as seems to Us to be
necessary for stating therein as a separate item any equalisation charge, and any credit
in respect of a receipt under the Act, which affects the sum named therein :
NOW THEREFORE, We, the Local Government Board, in pursuance of the
powers conferred upon Us in that behalf, hereby Order as follows :—-
Contribution Orders.
Article I.—Any Contribution Order hereafter made by the Guardians of the Poor
of any of the said Poor Law Unions on the Overseers of any Parish for any sum which
shall include an Equalisation Charge for the purposes of the Equalisation Fund formed
under the authority of the above-cited Act shall contain a Note in the following Form,
or in a Form to the like effect:—
Note- The sum of £ directed by this Order to be paid on the
day of , includes a sum of £
in respect of the Equalisation Charge for the purposes of the Equalisation