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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CLERK IN ORDERS.
At the same meeting (June 16th), the Vestry also confirmed
the Rector's nomination of the Rev. William Edward
Windle, M.A., Worcester College, Oxford, as Clerk in Orders,
in succession to the Rev. Willis F. A. Lambert, M.A., who
had resigned on preferment.
No payment is made to the Clerk in Orders out of the
rates, hut he is entitled, under the provisions of a local Act
of Parliament, to the yearly sum of £30 out of the profits of
the pews in the Church.
OFFICERS OF THE YESTRY.
With the exception of the appointment of Mr. James
Lewis as Collector of rates in the Golden Square Ward, in
the place of Mr. Johnson, and a vacancy (not filled up at
Lady Day) caused by Mr. Green ceasing to be Collector of
rates in Great Marlborough Ward, no alteration in the staff
has occurred during the year.
The salaries of the Medical Officer of Health, and of Mr.
Munsey and Mr. Crow, Assistants in the Vestry Clerk's
Office, were increased by £50, £15, and £10 respectively.
A list of the Officers of the Vestry, and their respective
salaries, is given on page 128.
PERAMBULATION OF BOUNDS.
According to a custom which has now existed for many
years, the septennial perambulation of the boundary of the
Parish took place on St. James's Day, 25th July. The