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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1886
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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DRINKING FOUNTAIN
On an application made by Mrs. Humphry, the Vestry, on the
17th March, 1887, gave their permission for the erection of a drinking
fountain in Adelaide Street, at the South-East corner of the
parish Churchyard wall, in memory of the late Vicar (the
Rev. W. G. Humphry, B.D.).
(By order)
GEO. WEBSTER MURNANE,
Clerk to the Vestry.
Vestry Hall,
St. Martin's Place, W.C.
June, 1887.
A statement of the above Rates made by the Yestry for the last 10 years is hereunder shown.
| 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. | d. | 8. | d. | s. | d | s. | d. | s | d. | s. | d. | S. | d. | 8. | d. | s. | d. | s | d. | |
| Poor | 1 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 |
| General | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Sewers | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 7 | |