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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1883
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT,
18 8 3.
Annual Report on the Health of the Parish of St. Mar tin-in- the
Fields, for the Year 1883.
To the Vestry of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour of submitting to you my
Fourteenth Annual Report on the health and sanitary
condition of the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
Births.
The Births registered in the year 1883 were 403,
against 412 of the previous year.
| Receipts. | Payment. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1883. | £ | s. | d. | 1883. | £ | s. | d | £ | s. | d. | |||
| To Balance from last account | 1 | 1 | 9 | May 8. By Cash Paid Treasurer of Guardians | 732 | 12 | 1 | ||||||
| „ Cash of Messrs. Dangerfield and Blythe, lor Fines repaid by Treasury in aid of Costs incurred in Prosecuting Disorderly Houses | 200 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||
| June 4. do. do. | 1,500 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| „ 15. do. do. | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| „ 30. do. do. | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Julyl3. do. do. | 3,000 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| ,, Cash received from the Churchwardens and Overseers—Half-Year's Dividend on Workhouse Fund | 511 | 2 | 4 | ,, 27. do. do. | 3,000 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Aug.14. do. do. | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| ,, 28. do. do. | 1,208 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Cash received from Poor Rate, made 3rd May, 1883, viz.:— | Sep. 25. do. do. | 1,432 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | 15,842 | 15 | 8 | ||||||||
| Mr. Cook, No. 1 Ward | 8,401 | 5 | 7 | July31. Police Rate | 2,214 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| „ Greenfield, 2 „ | 4,044 | 18 | 8 | Aug.14. „ „ | 2,214 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| „ Marshall, 3 „ | 7,389 | 1 | 6 | 4,428 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| 9,835 | 5 | 9 | Aug. 4. Messrs. Warrington, Printing, Stamps and Stationery | 16 | 8 | 1 | |||||||
| May 21. Mr. W. S. Cross, Surveys for Assessment | 49 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Junel6. Messrs. Dangefield and Blythe, Costs of Prosecutions | 119 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 20,456 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Sep. 30 Balance at the Bank | 91 | 11 | 10 | ||||||||||
| £20,547 | 16 | 10 | £20,547 | 16 | 10 | ||||||||