Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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REPORT
FOR THE YEAR 1893,
made to the
Vestry of Saint James's,
WESTMI1TSTER/,
BY
JAMES EDMUNDS, M.D.,
Member of the Royal College of Physicians of London:
Member of the Society of Public Analysts;
Fellow of the Chemical Society;
Ac., &c., &c.;
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
AND
PUBLIC ANALYST
FOB ST. JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER.
Statement of the Receipts and Expenditure of the Trustees of St. Martin in-the-Fields Almshouse and Pension Charity,
From, the 1st January, to the 31st December, 1893.
RECEIPTS. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | PAYMENTS. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balances— In the hands of the Banker | 150 | 0 | 2 | Balance due to the Clerk and Receiver (Petty Cash Account) | 2 | 3 | 7½ | |||||||||
In the hands of the Clerk and Receiver (Almswomen, &c., Account) | 21 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Amounts paid to Almswomen | 1,102 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||
171 | 8 | 2 | „ „ Pensioners | 1,433 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||||
Lamp Acre Estate— | Insurance. | Rent and Insurance. | Cab Fares to Almshouses | 2,536 1 | 1 16 | 0 0 | ||||||||||
Orme, G. & Co., for premises used as a Distillery, and 3 Houses in Wellington Street (Rent only) | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | Cameron & Co., Coal and Coke | 15 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
215 | 0 | 0 | Candidates' Expenses— Caretaker and Matron | 3 | 18 | 10 | ||||||||||
Clubb, F., Playing Harmonium | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Less Property Tax | 5 | 7 | 6 | Do. Repairs | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||
209 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||
Young, F., for 24, Friar Street (Rent | 20 | 0 | 0 | Christian Knowledge Society— Bible, &c | 17 | 8 | ||||||||||
Cox, J., Assessed Taxes, Martin Street Houses | 10 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||
Less Property and Land Tax | 2 | 9 | 6 | Drummond, Messrs., Interest on Overdraft | 1 | 18 | 7 | |||||||||
17 | 10 | 6 | Flowers and Manure for Garden | 5 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||
Thompson, E.. for 26, Friar Street | 1 | 13 | 0 | 38 | 6 | 6 | Funeral Expenses— | |||||||||
Less Property Tax | 1 | 2 | 6 | Mitchell, F., deceased | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
37 | 4 | 0 | Owens. S.. deceased | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Hosegood, L., for 29, Friar Street | 2 | 8 | 0 | 182 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Less Property Tax | 4 | 10 | 0 | Groom, F., Advertisements. &c | 2 | 8 | 9 | |||||||||
177 | 18 | 0 | Gardner, W., Repairs to Market Street Houses | 64 | 16 | 1 | ||||||||||
Gardner, W., for 1 to 9, and 14, Martin Street | 2 | 6 | 0 | 102 | 6 | 0 | Do. Commission for Collecting Rents | 37 | 10 | 1 | ||||||
102 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Less Property Tax | 2 | 10 | 0 | Gas Light and Coke Company, Gas | 18 | 19 | 7 | |||||||||
99 | 16 | 0 | Greenfield, J. Z., Poor Rates | 26 | 16 | 6 | ||||||||||
Gardner, W., Collector for 10 to 13, and 15 to 26. Martin Street | 375 | 1 | 0 | Harrison & Sons, Printing and Stationery | 12 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||
Hobson, J. D., Repairs, &c | 199 | 16 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Goulden Rev. A., for piece of land at rears of 166 to 169, Blackfriars Road | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Infirmary Expenses | 20 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||
Isaac, G. H., Messenger (Gratuity) | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Cockspur Street Estate— | ||||||||||||||||
Lambeth Water Works Co., Water for Martin Street Houses | 19 | 19 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Commissioners of II. M. Woods, &c., Rent Charge on 13, Cockspur Street | 180 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Maple & Co., Furniture | 15 | 15 | 7 | |||||||||||||
Less Property Tax | 4 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Mason, C., Surveyor's Charges | 15 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||||||
175 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
McLachlan & Sons. Drainage Work | 61 | 2 | 9 | |||||||||||||
Fendick, W. B., for 14, Cockspur Street | 5 | 2 | 0 | 242 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||
Do. Repairs at 15, Cockspur Street | 86 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Less Property lax | 12 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 11 | 9 | ||||||||||
230 | 11 | 0 | New River Co., Water | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
International Sleeping Car Co., for 14, Cockspur Street | 242 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Petter, G. A., Auditor's Fee | 4 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Pettifer, \V., Sweeping Chimneys | 5 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Harborrow, John, & Co., for 15, Cockspur Street | 8 | 11 | 6 | 708 | 11 | 6 | ||||||||||
Phoenix Fire Office, Insurance | 13 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Rates upon Martin Street Houses | 49 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Less Property Tax | 17 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Salaries and Wages— | ||||||||||||||||
691 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Holborn Estate— | Archer, Mr. and Mrs.. Caretaker and Matron | 8 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Rogulski Mrs. for 192. Drury lane | 1 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 2 | 0 | Bloomficld, Mrs., late Matron | 42 | 8 | 3 | ||||||
Less Property Tax | 1 | 15 | 0 | ,, ,, ,, for Assistance | 5 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||
1 | n | ,, ,, Superannuation Allowance | 4 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||
Symonds, W., for 193, Drury Lane | 1 | 7 | 0 | 66 | 7 | 0 | Bloomfield, G., late Caretaker | 23 | 12 | 6 | ||||||
Less Property Tax | 1 | 12 | 6 | ,, late ( hapel Clerk | 4 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||
64 | 14 | 6 | Clarcniont, C. C., Medical Officer | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Carr & Horton, for 171, High Holborn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 0 | 0 | Filby, M., Cleaner | 31 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
Less Property Tax | 3 | 0 | 0 | Lowndes, Rev. E. A., Chaplain | 60 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
119 | 0 | 0 | Murnane, G. W , Clerk and Receiver | 100 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Wood, M. A., Nurse | 40 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
354 | 11 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
Stamps, Stationery, &c | 2 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Carried forward | £24 | 9 | 6 | £2,682 | 5 | 2 | Carried forward | £3,609 | 9 | 5½ |