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St James's 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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The following is a comparative statement of the cost of School Maintenance for the two periods referred to :—
| EXPENDITURE AND RECEIPTS. | Expenditure and Receipts for the year ended Lady-day, 1889 | Estimate of Expenditure and Receipts for the yeato be ended Lady-day, 1892. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXPENDITURE. | ||||||
| School Management Committee— | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
| Salaries of Teachers | 835,217 | 1 | 2 | 958,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Instruction of Pupil Teachers (nett) | 9,567 | 9 | 9 | 13,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Books, Apparatus and Stationery | 31,619 | 13 10 | 52,800 | 0 | 0 | |
| Laundry Work and Manual Work | 8,000 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Salaries of Inspectors, Instructors, &c., and Sundries | 22,798 | 18 | 3 | 38,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Works Committee— | ||||||
| Repairs to Buildings and Furniture | 46,985 | 16 | 7 | 100,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Wages o£ Schoolkeepers | 44,945 | 15 | 2 | 49,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Contingencies | 10,000 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Finance Committee— | ||||||
| Rates, Rent. &e. | 67,009 | 2 | 7 | 75.000 | 0 | 0 |
| Fuel and Light | 22,310 | 19 | 8 | 32,000 | 0 | 0 |
| 1,080,454 | 17 | 0 | 1,335,800 | 0 | 0 | |
| RECEIPTS. | ||||||
| Government Grants | 305,858 | 19 | 5 | 335.000 | 0 | 0 |
| Grants from Science and Art Department | 10,434 | 6 | 1 | 10,000 | 0 | 0 |
| School Fees | 124,348 | 0 | 4 | 115,000 | 0 | 0 |
| 440,611 | 5 | 10 | 460.000 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nett cost chargeable to rates | 639,813 | 11 | 2 | 875,800 | 0 | 0 |
| Average attendance during the year | 342,321 | 356,451 | ||||
The following is a comparative statement of the cost of School Maintenance for the two periods referred to:—
| Increase | Charge on Rates | £235,986- or 36.88 per cent |
| Children educated | 14,130 — or 4.12 |
The charge upon the rates in the large provincial towns, per scholar,
was as follows :—
£
s.
d.
Birmingham
0
18
8¾
Bradford
0
8
9
Bristol
1
3
10¼
Hull
0
3
1½
Leeds
0
14
2¼
Liverpool
0
13
7¼
Manchester
0
7
11¼
Sheffield ....
0
8
10
So vast a difference in the cost per child as the above figures show,
points to the necessity of an early and thorough investigation into the
administration of the School Board for London.
For the year ended the 25th March. 1889, the Inspectors. Instructors,
and School Correspondents cost £16,198, but for the current year their cost
is estimated at £24,783.
The office expenses have increased from £22.967 to £35,970 in the
same period.