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St James's 1883

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]

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34
In view of the increasing demands by central Authorities over
whose expenditure the Vestry do not possess any control, although
for economy in collection, the funds are raised with the local rates,
the following statement will be of interest to ratepayers:—
Total amount expended, £119,704 18s. 3d.
Under control of Local
Authority.
Not under control of Local
Authority.
Poor Rate:—
£
s.
d.
Poor Rate:—
£
s.
d.
Expended by Guardians
of the Poor
in relief, &c
20,227
1
4
Metropolitan
Asylums District
8,714
10
7
Central London
Sick Asylum
3,242
0
0
Registration of
Voters, Printing,
Cost of Collection
902
12
11
Metropolitan Common
Poor Fund
6,891
2
9
General and Sewers
Police
14,145
4
8
Rates:-
County & Lunatic
Asylums Rates
4,189
2
2
Paving, Scavenging,
Cleansing, &c.,
Local Sewers, and
Administration
Expenses
24,735
3
7
General Rate :—
Expenses of School
Board
19,074
14
10
Metropolitan
solidated Rate :—
Expenses of Metropolitan
Board of
Works
17,583
5
5
£45,864
17
10
£73,840
0
5
The payments to Central Authorities last year amounted to
£1,859 15s. 0d. more than for the previous year, and it will be seen
that of the total sum raised under the name of local rates, a
very small proportion is applicable to strictly local expenditure,
no less than £73,840 s. 5d. of the total of £119,704 18s. 3d.
having been paid over during the year to various Authorities over
whose expenditure the Vestry and other Parochial Boards have no
control. The efforts of the Vestry to reduce the rates by an
economical administration in local affairs are thus to a large extent
neutralised by the growing expenditure of Central Authorities.