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Gas is supplied to the whole Parish by the Gas Light and
Coke Company (Chief Office, Horseferry Road).
The Coroner is Mr. John Troutbeck, whose jurisdiction
extends throughout the City and Liberties of Westminster.
For the Registration of Births and Deaths the
Parish is included in the Westminster District. The SubRegistrar
is Mr. Thomas Matthews Crowe, of 31, Ward our
•Street; and the Superintendent Registrar, Mr. Joseph
Bond, Union Offices, Poland Street.
PUBLIC BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES.
The statement of the Commissioners for Public Baths and
Wash-houses for the past year shows an increase, both as
regards the number of persons using the establishment and
the receipts.
The Annual Report of the Commissioners, which was presented
to the Vestry in January, contains so much matter of
general interest that the following extracts are given:—
1. In presenting their customary Annual Report, the Commissioners
deem the present an opportune occasion, for two reasons, to
extend the scope of their observations beyond the usual period.
These reasons are: (1), that during the past year the debt on the
Baths and Wash-houses has been extinguished, and (2) that the
Commissioners contemplate, with the approval of the Vestry,
constructing a first-class Swimming Bath, in order to adapt the
establishment to modern requirements.
2. It may not be inappropriate to remark, in the first place, that the
Baths and Wash-houses Act was adopted by the Vestry of this
Parish in the same year that it was passed (1846). It was not,
however, until the 14th June, 1852, that the Baths and Wash
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