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In October, 1889, certain charges reflecting on the character
of a prominent member of the Vestry as well as upon the management
of the Dusting and Slopping Department, which appeared in a local paper
known as the "Northern Light," attracted the attention of the Vestry,
and a special Committee was appointed to enquire and report as to the
truth of the allegations. The report, a copy of which will be found in
the appendix, was presented to the Vestry on December 13th, 1889,
and adopted.
VESTRY AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
The number of Meetings during the year have been :—
Vestry 37
Accounts Committee 31
Assessment Committee 17
Assessors 34
Dusting and Slopping Committee 60
Excuse Committee 7
General Purposes Committee 40
Highways Committee 54
Lighting Committee 28
Sanitary Committee 23
Sewers and Buildings Committee 34
Special Committees 38
Total 403
ACREAGE AND POPULATION.
The area of Islington is 3,107 statute acres.
At the census of 1881 the parish had a population of 282,865, and
contained 34,048 inhabited houses; but it is estimated upon the
inhabited house basis that at Lady Day, 1890, the population was
336,487, an increase of over 15,000 upon that estimated in the last
annual report.
ASSESSMENT AND RATEABLE VALUE.
634 hereditaments (including 122 advertising stations rated pursuant
to the "Advertising Stations (Rating) Act, 1889,") have been
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