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St James's 1885
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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LIST OF THE PAROCHIAL CHARITIES,
| Benefactor. | object. | By whom Administered. | Annual Income. | SOURCE OF INCOME. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | |||||
| 1 | Earl Craven. 1687. | Under an Order of the Court of Chancery, the income of the Charity is applied as follows:—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 2 1 beds ; and the Governors of Charing Cross Hospital 16 beds for the reception of patients suffering from infectious, contagious, or other diseases (small-pox ex epted) 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. Clament Danes, St. James, Westminster, and St. Paul's, Covent Garden; one Trustee from each parish to go out of office by rotation every fourth year, but to be eligible for re-ele, tion. | 694 | 14 | 9 | £16,639 7s. 2d. Three per Cent. Consols. |
| £395 7s. 8d. Three per Cent. Consols. | |||||||
| Rent of Ground, houses, and coachhouses at Craven Hill, Paddington. £183 14s. 1 | |||||||
| Acting Trustee for St. James's (to whom application for admission to the hospitals is to be made) Mr. F. Crane, 55, Regent Street. | |||||||