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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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REPORT
FOR THE YEAR 1883,
made to the
Vestry of st. Fames,
WESTMINSTER,
BY
JAMES EDMUNDS, M.D.,
Member of the Royal College of Physicians of London ;
Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society ;
Fellow of the Chemical Society ;
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH AND PUBLIC
ANALYST FOR ST. JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER,
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Benefactor. | OBJECT. | By whom Administered. | Annual Income. | SOURCE OF INCOME. | |||
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£ | s. | d. | |||||
13 | Atkinson Morlev. 1850. | To be divided yearly, in equal shares and proportions, between 10 Widows of Tradesmen, who at their respective deaths were Parishioners of the Parish, and had been respectively rated to the Poor at not less than £20 per annum. | The Rector for the time being ; the Trustees of the Will; and Six Inhabitants of the Parish. | 82 | 8 | 2 | £2,746 19s. 2d. Three per Cent. Consols. |
14 | Charles Smith. 1869. | To be divided annually at Christmas, amongst the Poor of the Parish. | Rector for the time being. | 2 | 17 | 9 | £96 15s. 3d. Three per Cent. Consols. |
15 | Earl Craven. 1734. One-fourth of the benefits of this Charity belongs to the Parish of St. .James, Westminster. | Three-fifths (not exceeding £600) of the net annual income to be paid to the Treasurer of King's College Hospital, Portugal Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, and two-fifths (not exceeding £400) to be paid to the Treasurer of Charing Cross Hospital, Agar Street, Strand. The Governors of King's College Hospital to set apart '24 beds ; and the Governors of Charing Cross Hospital, 16 beds, for the reception of patients suffering from contagious or other diseases (small-pox excepted), to be admitted by orders from the Trustees, from the Parishes of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, St. George, Hanover Square, St. Clement Danes, St. James, Westminster, and St. Paul, Covent Garden, provided there are vacancies. The Governors to receive and supply with advice and medicines, as out-patients, all poor Persons resident in the said Parishes, who shall be sent by the Trustees with out-patient orders. | Trustees, viz : the Incumbent of the said Parishes, and four resident Householders for the Parishes of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and St. George, Hanover Square ; and four resident Householders for each of the Parishes of St. Clement Danes, St. James, Westminster, and St. Paul, Covent Garden ; one Trustee from each parish to go out of office by rotation every fourth year, but who shall be eligible for re-election. | 694 | 14 | 9 | £16,639 7s. 2d. Three per Cent. Consols. £365 7s. 8d. Three per Cent. Consols. Rent of ground, houses, and coachhouses, at Craven Hill, Battersea. £183 14s. |