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Shoreditch 1882
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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REPORT OF THE VESTRY CLERK.
Gentlemen,
During the year ending Lady-day, 1883, the amount
collected on the Poor's Rate was £69,410 15s. 8d.; the amount
in the pound levied for the four Quarters was 2s. 6d., being for
the Quarter to Midsummer, 8d.; to Michaelmas, 8d.; to Christmas,
7d. ; and to Lady-day, 7d.
During the previous year the Poor Rate was 2s. 5d.
The amount of the Guardians' Calls for the year ending Ladyday,
1882, was £51,500; and for the last year, £54,500; and for
the Half-year, Lady-day to Michaelmas, 1883, is £27,000.
The amount owing to the Guardians at Lady-day, 1883,
was nil.
Further particulars of the expenditure of Poor Rates will be
found in the Balance Sheets, as audited and signed.
SEWERS AND GENERAL RATES.
The statement hereto appended will give the details of the Receipts and Expenditure on account of the Sewers and General Rates. It is only necessary here to state that the Rates levied for the last year were—
| S. | d. | |
|---|---|---|
| General—in the £ | 1 | 10 |
| Sewers ditto | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 6 |