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Shoreditch 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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Administratibe County of london.
PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS REQUIRED
TO BE LEVIED UPON THE PARISHES FOR THE YEAR ENDING
THE 31st MARCH, 1890.
1. Estimate of the net amount of aid receivable from the Exchequer Contribution
Account-
Receipts from the duties on local taxation licenses collected
in the county £427,022
Receipts from the Probate Duty Grant 428,234
855, 256
Application of the above in sums required to be paid by the
County in substitution for local grants, viz.:
Remuneration of Teachers in Poor Law Schools £12,513
Public Vaccinators 2,020
Registrars of Births and Deaths 582
Pauper Lunatics 97,160
Metropolitan Police 454,923
Poor Law Medical Officers 32,794
599,992
Net amount to be carried to the General County Account £255,264
Former Grants for Criminal Prosecutions were £22,146, and
for Main roads, £1,779, so that the relief to Metropolitan
rates under the Local Government Act, is £231,339.