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Staff.
Clerk's Department.
On 3rd May, 1898, Mr. H. J. Smith, of 198 Rotherhithe Street, was appointed Messenger,
and to make himself generally useful in the Clerk's Department, at a weekly wage of 10s.
On 21st June, 1898, the Vestry authorised the payment to the Hallkeeper of an extra
2s. 6d. per week, to enable him to engage the services of a woman one day weekly to assist in
the cleansing of the various rooms of the building.
On 6th September, 1898, the Vestry, upon the application of the Commissioners for Public
Baths and Wash-houses, approved of the proposal to pay a wage of 38s. weekly, with
house, coals, and gas, to the n°wly-appointed Engineer, William Anderson.
On 20th September, 1898, the Vestry resolved to increase the salary of the Assistant Vestry
Clerk (Mr. E. C. Olivier) to £280 per annum.
On 20th September, 1898, the Vestry resolved to increase the wages of the Assistant Hallkeeper
to 30s. per week.
On 20th December, 1898, upon the application of the Commissioners for Public Baths
and Wash-houses, the Vestry approved of the proposal to increase the salary of the Superintendent
by £20 per annum.
On 21st June, 1898, the Vestry resolved to sanction the proposal of the Baths Commissioners
to grant a superannuation allowance amounting to 21s. per week to Thomas Austin,
the Engineer.
Surveyor's Department.
On 17th May, 1898, the Clerk submitted a report by the Surveyor that J. Hall, one of the
Vestry's Road Sweepers, who had for some time been absent upon sick pay, had died since the
last meeting of the Vestry, leaving a family.