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providing a Mortuary and Disinfecting Chamber is to
protect the parishioners at large against the spread of
infectious disease, the buildings may be used without
charge.
OTHER PARISH PROPERTY.
In the year 1819, eleven freehold houses on the east side
of Marshall Street were purchased from the Earl of Craven,
for the sum of £6,132, for Parochial purposes, but as the
transaction does not appear in the Parish Accounts, it is
uncertain from what source the funds were derived. Two
of the houses are now absorbed into the Workhouse premises,
and the site of three others has been utilised for the erection
of the Public Baths and Wash-houses. The remaining six
houses are let on repairing agreements, and realise a rent of
£295 per annum, which, together with the sum receivable
from the Westminster Union in respect of that portion of
the Workhouse premises belonging to the Parish of St.
James, is applied in aid of the Poor Rate.
ALTERATIONS TO THE PARISH CHURCH.
In the month of June, the Rector and Churchwardens
submitted for the approval of the Yestry, plans for certain
proposed alterations to the Parish Church, with a view to
applying for a faculty to carry on the work. These alterations
included the re-seating of the Church, the erection of
seats at the east end of the building for the Choir, a rearrangement
of the heating apparatus, and the erection of
a porch at the north-western entrance. The plans had previously
been approved by the Bishop of London, and the
Yestry not seeing any objection to the same, sanctioned the
application for a faculty. A faculty having been obtained