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St James's 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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Total amount expended, £157,069 19s. 10d.
| Under control of Local Authority. | Not under control of Local Authority. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Eate — | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Expended by Guardians of the Poor in relief, &c. | 21,201 | 5 | 9 | Poor Rate - | |||
| Metropolitan Asylums District | 7,803 | 18 | 1 | ||||
| Registration of Voters, Printing, Cost of Collection, Brothel Prosecutions,Preparation of Voters' Lists, &c. | 944 | 16 | 8 | ||||
| Central London Sick Asylum | 3,117 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Metropolitan Common Poor Fund | 10,260 | 5 | 9 | ||||
| Police | 15,486 | 8 | 4 | ||||
| County and Lunatic Asylums Rate | 36,393 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Vestry's Rates— | |||||||
| Paving, Scavengering, Cleansing, &c., Local Sewers, Repayment of Loans, Interest, and Administration Expenses | 28,830 | 14 | 1 | Vestry's Rates— | |||
| Expenses of School Board | 33,472 | 9 | 8 | ||||
| 16 | 6 | £106,533 | 3 | 4 | |||
The payments to Central Authorities last year amounted
to £2,137 17s. 6d. less than for the previous year, and
to £12,437 16s. 6d. more than for the year 1888-9. It will
be seen that of the total sum raised under the name of
local rates, a very small proportion is applicable to strictly
local expenditure, no less than £106,533 3s. 4d. of the
total of £157,069 19s. 10d. having been paid over during
the year to various authorities over whose expenditure the
Vestry and other Parochial Boards have no control. In
other words, out of every shilling raised as local rates in
St. James's, less than fourpence is spent by the Parochial
Authorities.
LONDON COAL DUES.
The Vestry have, in former Annual Reports, expressed
their opinion that the discontinuance of the London Coal
Dues has been detrimental to the London ratepayer, and
of not the slightest benefit to the consumer of coal.
*Including final precept for three months to Lady-day, 1889. making in
all five quarters' expenses levied in one year. The duties of the Metropolitan
Board of Works are now performed by the London County Council
f Including expenses formerly paid by Metropolitan Board of Works.
The following is a statement of the sums paid to Metropolitan and County Authorities from the rates of this Parish during each of the three preceeding years:—
| 1888-9. | 1889-90. | 1890-91. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | S. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | S. | d. | |
| Metropolitan Asylums District | 7,568 | 19 | 0 | 6,057 | 0 | 3 | 7,245 | 13 | 0 |
| Central London Sick Asylum | 2,500 | 0 | 0 | 2,881 | 18 | 0 | 2,960 | 0 | 0 |
| Carried forward | £ 10,068 | 19 | 0 | £8,938 | 18 | 3 | £10,205 | 13 | 0 |