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St James's 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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REPORT
FOR THE YEAR 1895,
MADE TO THE
Vestry of Saint James's.
WESTMINSTER,
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;
&c., &c., &c.
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
AND
PUBLIC ANALYST
FOR ST. JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER.
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| Benefactor. | OBJECT. | By whom Administered. | Annual Income | SOURCE OF INCOME. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | |||||
| Mrs. Elizabeth Dennis Denver, 1824. | To be divided into seven equal Parts to be allotted to seven poor Spinsters, not under 60 years of age at the time, of general good character, constant, when able, in their attendance at some public place of worship, and who have never been beggars. The several said persons when so selected to receive the said bequests during their natural lives. The Parishioners of St. Luke, Chelsea, St. Pancras, St. James. Westminster, and Christ Church, Newgate Street, to have precedence, provided the applicant is equally deserving. | The distribution is made by the Rector and Churchwardens of St. Luke, Chelsea, and the Trustees, of whom the Rector for the time being is one, in the Vestry Room of St. Luke's Church, on one of the first six days of the month of January in each year, and Notice of the day appointed is to be placed on the Church doors one month previously, and printed forms may be obtained at St. Luke's Vestry Room, on any day after notice has been given between 10 and 12 o'clock. | 109 | 0 | 0 | £6,989 17s. 8d. Consols. | |
| The Total income £192 4s. 5d. but this Parish has no interest in £83 2s. 8d. thereof. | |||||||
| 11 | Ann Margaret Forster. 1836. | To repair vault-tomb and railing in the burial ground of St. James's Chapel in the Hampstead Road, and to paint the railing enclosing the same, annually—the remainder to be distributed on the 25th March, in each year, amongst six poor deserving Women. | The Rector for the time being. | 12 | 4 | 4 | £444 8s. l1d. Consols. |