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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

Shoreditch 1889

[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, 1890, the amount
collected on the Poor's Rate was £84,946 15s. 6d.; the amount
in the pound levied for the four quarters was 2/11, being for the
quarter to Midsummer, 9d.; to Michaelmas, 10d.; to Christmas, 7d.,
and to Lady-day, 9d.
During the previous year the Poor Rate was 2/2.
The amount of the Guardians' calls for the year ending Lady-day,
1889, was £57,000; and for the last year, £52,000; and for the halfyear,
Lady-day to Michaelmas, 1890, is £46,200.
The amount owing to the Guardians at Lady-day, 1890, was
Further particulars of the expenditure of Poor Rates will be
found in the Balance Sheets, as audited and signed.

Table: 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—

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 £20
Sewers ditto02
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Nil.
SEWERS AND GENERAL RATES.