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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1890

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

Published
1891
Pages
118
Tables
64

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  • Page 6 7
    THE VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF ST. MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS. Statement of the number of Vestry Meetings and Committee Meetings, with the Attendances of the Members of the Vestry thereat, for the Year ended March 25th, 1891.
    Names of Members.Vestry. 25 Meetings. Number of Attendances.Works Committee. 23 Meetings. Number of Attendances.New Vestry Hall Committee 25 Meetings Number of Attendances.Works and Finance Joint Comii^ttee. 3 Meetings. Number of AttendancesParliamentary Committee. 3 Meetings. Number of Attendances.Special Committees. 18 Meetings. Number of Attendances.Total Number of Attendances (97 Meetings).
  • Page 20
    POOR, GENERAL, SEWERS, AND LIBRARY RATES. A statement of the above Rates made by the Vestry for the last 10 years is hereunder shown.
    1881188218831884188518861887188818891890
    s.d.s.d.s.d.s.d.s.ds.d.s.d.s.d.s.d.s.d.
  • Page 28 29
    Rate Account of the Vestry for the Year ended 25th March, 1891.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 30 31
    Rate Account of the Vestry for the Year ended 25th March, 1891.— continued
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 34 35
    Statement of the Receipts and Expenditure of the Vestry for the Year ended 25th March, 1891 Of which detailed particulars are comprised in the Schedules referred to.
    1890. RECEIPTS.£s.d.£s.d.PAYMENTS.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 34 35
    Statement of Assets and Liabilities of the Vestry on the 25th March, 1891. Of which detailed particulars are comprised in the Schedules referred to.
    LIABILITIES.£s.d.£s.d.ASSETS.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 36
    Summary Statement of the Receipts and Payments for the year ended 25th March, 1891. And of the Cash Balances at the commencement and end of the Year.
    Names of Accounts.Balances, 25th March, 1890.Receipts.Payments.Balances, 25th March, 1891.
    In Credit.In Debt.In Credit.In Debt.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 37
    Summary Statement showing the Financial condition of the Vestry and of each separate head of Expenditure on the 25th March, 1891.
    Names of Accounts.Cash Balances, 26th March, 1891.Assets.Liabilities.Financial condition of the Vestry.
    In Credit.In Debt.In Credit.In Debt.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 38
    SCHEDULE A— General Rate. Detailed Particulars of Receipts and Expenditure.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 39
    SCHEDULE A— continued. RECEIPTS— continued.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 39
    PAYMENTS.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 40
    SCHEDULE A — continued.
    PAYMENTS— continued£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 41
    SCHEDULE A— continued.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 42
    SCHEDULE A— continued.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 42
    SCHEDULE B— Sewers Rate. Detailed Particulars of Receipts and Expenditure.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 43
    SCHEDULE B— continued.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 44
    SCHEDULE C— New Vestry Hall. Detailed Particulars of Receipts and Expenditure.
    £s.d.
  • Page 44
    SCHEDULE D— Establishment Expenses. Detailed Particulars of Receipts and Expenditure.
    £s.d.
  • Page 45
    SCHEDULE D— continued.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 46
    SCHEDULE AA— General Rate. Detailed Particulars of Assets and Liabilities.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 46
    SCHEDULE BB— Sewers Rate. Detailed particulars of Assets and Liabilities.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 47
    SCHEDULE BB— continued.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 47
    SCHEDULE CC— New Vestry Hall. Detailed particulars of Assets and Liabilities.
    £s.d.
  • Page 47
    SCHEDULE DD— Establishment Expenses.
    £S.d.
  • Page 48
    SCHEDULE Z— Mortgages. Detailed Statement of Mortgages.
    No. on Register.Mortgagees.Purpose for which borrowed.Amount borrowed.Amount repaid.Balances outstanding.Rate chargeable.
    £££
  • Page 49
    Statement of the Contracts of the V estry in force daring the year ended the 25th March, 1891.
    Date of Contract.Names of Contractors.Address.Nature of Contract.Prices.Terms of Contract.
  • Page 52 53
    Statement of the Receipts and Expenditure of the Trustees of the Parochial Charities of St. Martin-in- the-Fields. From the 1st January to 31st December , 1890.
    RECEIPTS.PAYMENTS.
    £ s. d.£s.d.£$d
  • Page 54 55
    Statement showing the Receipts and Expenditure of the several Branches of the Charities of which detailed particulars are comprised in the preceding Statement. From the January, to the 31 st December, 1890.
    RECEIPTS.PAYMENTS.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 58 59
    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 31 st December , 1890.
    RECEIPTS.£s.d.£. s.d.PAYMENTS.
  • Page 64 65
    The Rt. Hon. Lord Kinnaird and Mr. Lionel Charles Drummond, Church wardens, in account with the Parishioners of St. Martin-in-the fields.
    Dr.£s.d.£s.d.Charities—£s.d.£Cr. s.d.
  • Page 66 67
    The Rt. Hon. Lord Kinnaird and Mr. Lionel Charles Drummond, Church-wardens, in account with the Parishioners of St. Martin-in the Fields.
    £ s. d. £ s. d.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 70
    PARISH OF ST. MARTIN-IN-T HE-FIELDS. The Overseers' Account for the Half-year ending Michaelmas, 1890.
    1890. RECEIPTS.1890. PAYMENTS.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 71
    The. Overseers' Account for the ??? ??? ???.:—
    1890-91. RECEIPTS.1890-91. PAYMENTS.
    £s.d.£s.d.Nov. 7. By Cash Paid Treasurer of Guardians£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 74 75
    Statement of the Receipts and Expenditure of the Commissioners of Public Baths and Wash -houses, of St. Martin- in-the-Fields. For the year ended 31st December , 1890.
    RECEIPTS.PAYMENTS.
    1890.£s.d.£ s.d.
    Jan. 1. Balance in the hands of the Bankers14400£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 76 77
    Statement of the Receipts and Expenditure of the Commissioners of Public Baths and Wash-houses, of St. Martin- in-the-Fields. For the Year ended 31st December, 1890—continued.
    RECEIPT'S.PAYMENTS.
  • Page 80
    PARISH OF ST. MARTIN-IN-T HE-FIELDS. Statement of Receipts and Expenditure by the Commissioners for Public Libraries and Museums for the above -named Parish, for the Year ended the 25th day of March, 1891.
    RECEIPTS.EXPENDITURE.
  • Page 81
    Statement with reference to Loans obtained by the Commissioners for Public Libraries and Museums, for the Year ended the 25th day of March, 1891.
    Amount authorised to be borrowed.Date of Sanction of Poor Law Board or Local Government Board.Amount actually borrowed.When borrowed.Whether from Public Works Loan Commissioners, a Company, or otherwise.For what Object.For what Period.Rate of Interest.Mode of Repayment.Amounts paid this Tea.-.Amount of Principal still owing.
    Principal. Interest.
  • Page 83
    The following Table shows the number of Births registered in each month of the year :—
    Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 84
    The following Table shows the number of Deaths registered in each month of the year:—
    Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 93
    TABLE OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH at Various Ages. In the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-fields, for the Year 1890.
    CAUSES.Total Deaths at all Ages.Under 1 Year.From 1 Year to 5.From 5 Years to 20.From 20 Years to 40.From 40 Years to 60.From 60 Years to 80.80 Years and upwards.
  • Page 96
    TABLE I. BIRTHS, DEATHS, and INQUESTS for the last Ten Years.
    1881188218831884188518861887188818891890
  • Page 97
    TABLE III. DEATHS in the different localities in ST. MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS during the Year 1890.
    Total Deaths.Deaths from Zymotic DiseasesTotal Deaths.Deaths from Zymotic Disease
  • Page 98
    TABLE IV. Showing the localities wherein the 22 deaths occurred from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases during the year 1890 in St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
    Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet FeverDiphtheria.Whooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.
  • Page 99
    TABLE V. Showing the number of deaths occurring in the Parish from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, excluding those non-residents who died in the Charing Cross Hospital, and including those parishioners who died in public institutions outside the Parish during the years 1883-84-85-86-87-88-89-90.
    DISEASE.1883.1884.1885.1886.1887.1888.1889.1890.
  • Page 100
    TABLE OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH at Various Ages, Of Parishioners of St. Martin-in-the-Fields occurring in Public Institutions outside the Parish during the Year 1890.
    CAUSES.Total Deaths at all ages.Under 1 year.From 1 year to 5.From 5 years to 20.From 20 years to 40.From 40 years to 60.From 60 years to 80.80 years and upwards.
  • Page 101
    TABLE VII. In accordance with the requirements of the Local Government Board. TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year, 1890, In the Sanitary District of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities, and the Births therein during the Year.
    LOCALITIES.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.mortality from all Causes.Mortality.
    At all Ages.Under 1 Year1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 60.60 and up wards-Smallpox.Measles.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Croup (not “spasmodic”)Whooping Cough.Continued Fevers.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Cholera.Rheumatic Fever.Erysipelas.Pyemia.Puerperal Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.
    Census 1881.Estimated to middle 1889.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Other or Doubtful.
  • Page 103
    This Table shows the different localities wherein the specified, cases of disease occurred during the year 1890 and which were notified to the Medical Officer of Health, in accordance with the above Act.
    Smallpox.Cholera.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Erysipelas.Scarlet Fever.Typhus Fever.Typhoid Fever.Relapting and Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Total.
  • Page 104
    DIMINUTION or EXCESS of DEATHS in 1890, compared with Annual Deaths in 1880-89.
    Cause of Death.Diminution in 1890.Excess in 1890.
  • Page 110
    The following is the actual cost of repairs to carriageways footways:—
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 111
    Continued from previous page...
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 111
    The following is a statement of the number of public lamps on the 25th March, 1891, with consumption of gas and cost per annum:—
    No. of Lamps.Cubic feet of Gas consumed per hour.Cost per annum.
    £s.d.
  • Page 113
    The cost has been as follows:—
    £s.d.
  • Page 113
    This work has cost £619 8 s . 6 d ., viz.:—
    £s.d.
  • Page 114
    The wood and other pavements have been frequently ballasted during frosty or wet weather at the following cost for the year:—
    £s.d.
  • Page 115
    The cost of watering the streets has been as follows:—
    £s.d.
  • Page 116
    The total cost incurred for the removal is as follows:—
    £s.d.
  • Page 117
    CLEANSING SEWERS AND GULLIES. The Gullies in the parish, (about 420), exclusive of those under the control of the London County Council, have been emptied from time to time and flushed with a solution of manganate of soda and sulphuric acid; the surfaces of all courts have also been flushed periodically at the following total cost—
    £s.d.
  • Page 117
    The sewers in King William Street, Blue Cross Street, James Street, Haymarket, Cranbourn Street, Garrick Street, Long Acre, Strand, Spur Street and Neal Street, have been cleansed and any silt removed, the pipe sewers have been frequently flushed with water through an open hose, at a total cost of £188 0s. 7 d., beings-
    £s.d.
  • Page 122
    The total cost of this maintenance is as follows:—
    £s.d.
  • Page 123
    The net cost of this work has been—
    £s.d.
  • Page 125
    The total cost of the above work is as follows:—
    £s.d.
  • Page 126
    APPLICATIONS. The following applications for various works have been made during the year.
    Granted.Refused.
  • Page 127
    The following statement shows the superficial area of pavements disturbed by the Gas, Water, Electric Lighting Companies, and others, for the laying and repair of their mains and services.
    Company.Kerb yds. lineal.York Footway, yds. super.Asphalte Footway. yds. super.Asphalte Carriageway. yds. super.Granite Carriageway. yds. super.Wood Paving, yds. super.Macadam. yds. super.
  • Page 129
    Statement showing particulars of Slop and Dust removed and Horses and Drivers employed in the various works for the Year ending Lady-Day, 1891.
    Week Ending.Slop and Dust Collecting.Washing Wood Pavements.Cleansing and Emptying Gullies.Street Watering.
    Dust Removed in Loads of 2½ Cubic Yards.Slop Removed in Loads of 2 Cubic Yards.Horses, Drivers, and Machine Brooms Hired, Days.Horses and Drivers Hired, Days.Horses, Drivers, and Vans Hired, Days.
    Horses and Drivers Hired, Days.Loads Removed.Horses and Drivers Hired, Days.Horses and Drivers Hired, Days.Horses, Drivers, and Vans Hired, Days.