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St James's 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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Examined in detail, the Estimates for the current year are even
more unsatisfactory, for the greater part of the additional expenditure is
lue to the increased cost of School Maintenance and Administration, over
both of which the Board possesses almost complete control.
The increase of expenditure
has taken place under every head, as the following comparative statement of the estimates for the last year of the Board elected in 1885 and the last year of the Board elected in 1888, will show :—
| Estimate for year ended 25th March, 1889. | Estimate for year to be ended 25th March. 1892. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Maintenance of Schools provided by the | ||||||
| Board :— | ||||||
| A. Day Schools | 1.044.898 | 17 | 4 | 1,335,800 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Evening Classes | 10,400 | 0 0 | 0 | 27,550 | 0 | 0 |
| School Buildings, Alterations, &c.. not chargeable to Loan Account | 20,000 | 0 | 30,000 | 0 | 0 | |
| Enforcement of Compulsion and Board as Local Authority | 37,913 | 0 | 0 | 42.253 | 16 | 0 |
| Industrial Schools | 39,527 | 0 | 0 | 44,754 | 0 | 0 |
| Office Expenses | 22,967 | 0 | 0 | 35,970 | 0 | 0 |
| Intereet and Repayment of Loans | 375.221 | 6 | 2 | 409,550 | 6 | 10 |
| Legal Expenses (Transfer of Schools and General Business) | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 4,000 | 0 0 | 0 |
| Stamp Duties on Loans and charges of the County Council and Others | 400 | 0 | 0 | 600 | 0 | |
| Contingencies | _ | 30,000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,553,327 | 3 | 6 | 1,960,478 | 2 | 10 | |
Increase
Charge on Rates
£235,986 — or 36.88 per cent.
Children educated ..
14,130 — or 4.12
For the year ended Lady-day, 1889, the charge on the Hates fur School
Maintenance alone was £1 17s. id. per child (the cost of the two previous
years being £1 17s. Id.), but the cost for the current year is estimated at
£2 9s. 2d.