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St James's 1884

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

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an outbreak of fire. The stations nearest this Parish are
situate at No. 171, Great Portland Street, Oxford Street ;
33, King Street, Portman Square ; George Yard, Crown
Street, Soho; and 44, Chandos Street, Covent Garden.
Fire alarms in telegraphic communication with Fire
Brigade Stations, have been erected by the Metropolitan
Board of Works in the undermentioned thoroughfares:—
Golden Square.
Piccadilly, by St. James's Church.
Pall Mall, by Marlborough House.
Fire Escapes with attendants are nightly stationed in
Golden Square and next the Parish Church, Piccadilly.
MUSIC AND DANCING LICENSES.
In accordance with the Standing Orders of the Court of
Quarter Sessions, notices were given to the Vestry in the
month of August, by intending applicants for Music and
Dancing Licenses, as follows:—
Bignell, Robert Richard, The Trocadero, 7 and 8, Great Windmill
Street, for Music only.
Dancer, John Malsbury, 0, Swallow Street, for Music only.
Highton, Theodore Arthur, Piccadilly Art Galleries, for Music and
Dancing.
Leslie, George, St. James's Hall, Piccadilly and Regent Street,
for Music and Dancing.
Mitchell, William Stair, The Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, for Music
only.
Monico, Giacomo and Battista, Cafe Monico, for Music only.
Spiers, Felix William, The Criterion, 221, Piccadilly, for Music and
Dancing.
Villiers, Robert Edwin, The London Pavilion Music Hall, Tichborne
Street, for Music only.
Willis, Frederick Wilson, and Willis, Edward Avery, Willis's
Rooms, 26, King Street, for Music and Dancing.
A license was granted by the Court of Quarter Sessions
in each case, with the exception of the Cafe Monico, which
was refused.