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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St James's 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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to Guardians of the Poor of 4d. per day for each indoor
pauper. This payment represents about £320,000 a year
and largely benefits those parishes which have a large
number of indoor poor and a small rateable value. Parishes
like St. James's, with a small number of indoor poor and a
large rateable value, draw less from the fund than they
contribute to it. To illustrate the working of this fund, it
may be stated that £320,000 a year represents a rate on
London generally of about 2½d. in the pound, while St.
George's-in-the-East receives from it a sum equivalent to
a rate exceeding 1s. in the pound on that parish.
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| Other Parochial Rates:— | £ | s. | d. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amount of rates as levied | 58,934 | 5 | 0 |
| Arrears of former rates | 797 | 11 | 7 |
| Rates on property assessed for the year. | 351 | 12 | 4 |
| £60,083 | 8 | 11 | |
| Collected | 57.350 | 16 | 8½ |
| Loss from empty houeen, Ac. | 1,580 | 10 | 11¾ |
| Arrears at close of year | 1,152 | 1 | 2¼ |
| £60,083 | 8 | 11 |
In view of the increasing demands by Central Authorities over whose expenditure the Vestry does not possess any control, although for economy in collection the funds are raised with the local rates, the following statement will be of interest to ratepavers :—
| Total amount expended, Under control of Local Authority. | £150,995 Of. 10d. Not under control of Local Authority. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Rate — | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Expended by Guardians of the Poor in relief, &c. | 20,711 | 7 | 11 | Poor Rate— | |||
| M etropolitan Asylums District | 7,245 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Registration of Voters, Printing, Cost of Collection, Brothel Prosecutions, Preparation of Voters' Lists, &c. | 1,233 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Central London Sick Asylum | 2,960 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Metropolitan Common Poor Fund | 12,404 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Police | 14,915 | 15 | 10 | ||||
| County and Lunatic Asylums Rates | 39,526 | 16 | 10 | ||||
| Vestry's Rates— | |||||||
| Paving, Scavengering,Cleasin, &c., Local Sewers, Repayment of Loans, Interest, and Administration Expenses | 26,379 | 18 | 1 | Vestry's Rates— | |||
| Expenses of School Board | 31,018 | 14 | 10 | ||||
| £48,324 | 6 | 0 | £108,671 | 0 | 10 | ||