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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

St Martin-in-the-Fields 1869

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]

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Table: ALMS FUND.

ALMS FUND.

An account of Stock in the 3 per Cent. Consols, on the 12th May, 1870:-£s.d.
Mrs. Wood's Legacy and Lord Henry Seymour's bequest, 3 per Cent. Consols9,501196
Renewal Fund, ditto3,89413l
Sinking Fund, New 3 per Cents2,032160
£15,42987

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Memorandum.—The fall establishment in the Alms Houses consists of Seventy Widows and Unmarried
Women, who have been Housekeepers in the Parish; they receive 34s. 6d., 36s., and 42a. 6d. per Calander
Month, according to the several Foundations to which they have been elected Those labouring under
sickness, or other infirmities, are provided with Nurses at the Charge of the Funds. A Chaplain Attends
at Chapel on Sunday and Thursday in each week, to perforin Divine Service; they are also attended by
an eminent Medical Gentleman, and are furnished with Medicine free of charge. The Out-Pensioners
consist of Ten Married Couples, each Couple receiving 30s. per Calendar Month; Twenty Single Persons
receive 20s. per Calendar Month each; they have been also Housekeepers in the Parish. The Vestry
having found that several applicants for the Alms Fund preferred receiving the Out-Pension and living
with their friends, instead of residing in the Alms Houses, have during the last few years, elected the most
deserving applicants as Out-Pensioners, by which means the Alms' Fund has been distributed between
a larger number of Out-Pensioners than formerly. The number of Pensioners on the Fund in March
1870, were as follows:—80 Almswomen, 13 Married Collides, and 48 Single Persons—Out-Pensioners.

Table: Deed of Gift of Sir Charles Cotterell and Mrs. Susan Grahme.

Deed of Gift of Sir Charles Cotterell and Mrs. Susan Grahme.

Sir Charles Cotterell, in£s.d.
1686,gave for 8 Alms Women in the Alms Houses on his Foundation2000per annum arising from the Manor of Drayton and Westover, in the County of Somerset.
and5000per annum arising from the same Manor. These sums are paid to those twelve Alms Women montley, by the Vicar, or his Deputy for the time being, and who form a part of the 70 Alms Women in the Alms Houses. This fund is independent of the monthly pay they each receive from the Parish Foundation.
Mrs. Susan Grahme, in 1686, for 4 Alms Womenin the Alms Houses on herFoundation
8197The residue of theRent-charge purchased by the Vestry with £l79 Parish Stock.
£78107

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Smith's Charity.
Henry Smith, Esq., bequeathed
by will, in 162G, to 24
parishes the Rents, &c., of his
Manor, and the amount of their
respective shares vary from £12
to £30 per annum, according to
the declarations of the Will.
The proportion of the Rent received by this Parish varies
from £20 to £24 per annum ; arises from the Manor and Rectory
of Longney, in the county of Gloucester; Trustees, the
Governors of Christ's Hospital, to whom an annual return is
made of the distribution. The proceeds are distributed by the
last senior Churchwarden, in Clothing, Provisions, or Money,
to poor persons of good character, who have been or are
residents, or who have lived in the Parish at least five years,
either as Housekeepers or Lodgers.
N.B. This Charity is kept separate and distinct from the
General Alms Fund.
Trustees of the Lamp Acre Estate.
1. Mr. R. Cobbett, Northumberland
Street.
2. „ R. Hawkes, Kilbum.
3. „ J. Bowen, Panton Street.
4. „ W. B. Hudson, Haymarket.
5. „ J. Jackson, Highgate.
Trustees of the Cock spur Street and
Holborn Estates.
1. Mr. W. H. Dalton, Cockspur Street.
2. „ R. T. Pugh.
3. „ R. Cobbett, Northumberland
4. „ R. Hawkes, Kilbum. [St.
5. „ P. Palmer, St. Martin's Lane.
6. „ J. Bowen, Panton Street.
7. „ John Jackson, Highgate.