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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
Clerkenwell 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]
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| Name of Officer. | Date of Appointment, and Salary at Appointment. | Subsequent increase of Salary. | Amount received during year ending March 25th, 1890. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Paget, Vestry Clerk | November, 1856, £180 per annum, rising £10 per annum for 2 years | To £250, from January, 1860; to £300, from January, 1863; to £350, rising to £400 by two further annual increases of £25, from February, 1868. [This increase being for extra duties and responsibilities caused by the transfer of the Poor Rate Work from the Workhouse, Coppice Row, to the Vestry Hall.] To £500, from September, 1881. | £500. The Vestry Clerk is also Clerk to the Trustees of the Church at a salary of £20 per annum by Act of Parliament. |
| William Iron, Surveyor | December, 1880, £250 per annum | To £300, in March, 1882; To £350, in December, 1885. | £350. |
| John William Griffith, M.D., Medical Officer of Health | April, 1856, £100 per annum | To £150, from January, 1868; to £200 from Christmas, 1875 | £200. |
| Theophilus Redwood, Ph. D., Analyst | March, 1873, £100 per annum | £100. | |
| Boulton, Sons & Sandbman, Solicitors | Mr. W. J. Boulton was appointed in January, 1858, at £100 per ann. Firm appointed on his decease in Sept., 1871 | £100. | |
| Robert Ernest Paget, First Assistant Clerk | January, 1871, £40 per aunum as junior Clerk | To £80, on temporary appointment as First Assistant, from July, 1871; to £90, from December, 1871, with further increase of £10, from December, 1872; to £150, from December, 1873; to £175, from March, 1877, with further increase of £25, from March, 1878; to £250, from March, 1882; to £275, from January 1st, 1888. | £275 salary, and £3 7s. 3d. commission on weekly rente, under resolution of the Vestry, £1 1s., attending Poll at Vestry Election. £4 overtime on Valuation List |