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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
St Mary (Islington) 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St. Mary ]
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The Collectors' work includes the preparation of a skeleton list, numbering and addressing forms of Valuation Return, service of same, arranging and entering same when received back in skeleton list, attendance on assessors, examination of fair copies with Vestry or Chief Clerk, and service of notices of increase, and is charged at 2½d. per assessment.
| £ | s. | d. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Chisnell | (District 1), | 3,392 | Assessments | 35 | 6 | 8 |
| Mr. Wan | ( „ 2), | 3,718 | „ | 38 | 14 | 7 |
| Mr. Lawrence | ( „ 3), | 3,354 | „ | 34 | 18 | 9 |
| Mr. Ager | ( „ 4), | 3,715 | „ | 38 | 13 | 11½ |
| Mr. Baker | ( „ 5), | 3,320 | „ | 34 | 11 | 8 |
| Mr. Tucker | ( „ 6), | 3,788 | „ | 39 | 9 | 2 |
| Mr. Davis | ( „ 7), | 3,542 | „ | 36 | 17 | 11 |
| Mr. Purdy | ( „ 8), | 4,407 | „ | 45 | 18 | 1½ |
| Mr. Chamberlain | ( „ 9), | 3,758 | „ | 39 | 2 | 11 |
| Mr. Camp | ( „ 10), | 3,498 | „ | 36 | 8 | 9 |
| Mr. Rust | ( „ 11), | 3,348 | „ | 34 | 17 | 6 |
| Mr. McCann | ( „ 12), | 3,115 | „ | 32 | 8 | 11½ |
| £447 | 8 | 11½ | ||||
CLERKS.
The Clerks'work includes the entering of the class, the calculation
of the rates of deduction per cent, and the rateable values, entering same
in skeleton list, the fair copying the draft list (43,010 assessments) in
duplicate, the examination of the two fair copies with draft, rate book,
and returns, inserting the assessment numbers, paging and indexing
the two copies, the casting up of the totals, ticking off increases with
Collectors, and making out notices of same. The copying is charged at
£d. per assessment, and time work according to its value and the status
of the clerk, at from Is. to 2s. per hour.