Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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duly qualified electors abstained from taking part in the proceedings.
Public notice is given of the time and place of these elections, and
the Vestry regret that so many of the parishioners display such
apathy in the constitution of the local boards.
A list of the Vestrymen and Auditors of Accounts will be found
on pages 7 and 8.
CHURCHWARDENS
were elected on the 29th day of March, when Mr. Frederick
Crane, of 55,"Regent Street, and Mr. William Cox, of 57, Pall
Mall, were again unanimously chosen to fill this ancient office.
SIDESMEN
were elected by the Vestry on the 29th day of March, the undermentioned
gentlemen being selected to fill the office:—
Mr. James Thomas Robertson, 7, St. James's Street.
Mr. Samuel Morle, 102, Jermyn Street.
Mr. Robert Gurnev Barclay, 69, Pall Mall.
Mr. William Jenkins, 3, St. James's Place.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Eight parishioners were nominated by the Vestry on the 29th of
March, 1883, to serve as Overseers of the Poor. The gentlemen
chosen from this list, and appointed by the Justices of the Peace
at a Petty Sessions held on the 6th April, to act as Overseers for
the year 1883-4, were:—
Mr. John Malin, 117, Jermyn Street.
Mr. Richard Jeffs, 244, Regent Street.
Mr. Frederick Jenkins, 4 and 5, St. James's Place.
Mr. George Timms, 91 and 92, Jermyn Street.
GOVERNORS AND DIRECTORS OF THE POOR.
By a Local Act, 2 Geo. III, cap. 58, the Vestry, are required
to meet on some day in Easter-weelc annually and appoint twentyone
"substantial and discreet" persons, either from their own