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St George (Southwark) 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark]
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RATES.
The rates levied by the Overseers during the past year are
| DATE RATE MADE. | POOR. | GENERAL. | >• | TOTAL. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |||
The rates for the five years 1893-1898 were as follows:—
| POOR RATE. | general rate, (Including Sewers Rate.) | Total for tiie Year. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |||
| 6 | |||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||||||
| 2 | 0 | 7 | |||||||
| 2 | 0 | ||||||||
ASSESSMENTS.
During the year the Assessments of 1268 premises have been
under review by the Overseers. Of these, old assessments have been
altered representing a Gross Assessable Value of £34,162 and Rateable
Value of £28,025, producing an increase of Gross Value £4,738
and Rateable Value £4,165 on the previous assessments, while new
assessments to the extent of a Gross Assessable Value of £3,735 and
Rateable Value £3,093 have been added. The total increase in the
Gross and Rateable Value of the Parish for the year is therefore Gross
£8,473, Rateable £7,258.
DISORDERLY HOUSES.
The Board have during the past year actively proceeded with the
work of suppressing disorderly houses. Several houses have been
watched and in tour cases proceedings were taken. The prosecutions
were conducted by the Solicitor and Clerk to the Overseers, with the
result that in three cases heavy tines were inflicted, and in the fourth
the defendant was sent to prison for four months.