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Shoreditch 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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As against this increase of £59 per annum must be set the value of legal k done in my department during the year. Estimated at two-thirds of the full e charges, the vestry would have had to pay the following sums for solicitor's •k done in mv office during the year:—
| £ | |
|---|---|
| Obtaining lease of De Beauvoir Wharf and registering Memorial | 11 |
| Do. Reliance Wharf and registration | 8 |
| Preparing and completing three surrenders of same wharf (Booth, Lock, and Aspinall) | 10 |
| Completing lease to Lea & Co., and Stroud & Co. | 7 |
| Conveyance of Kiosk | 2 |
| Conveyance of Library Premises, Kingsland Road less Counsel's fees), registration and mortgage | 37 |
| Obtaining Electric Lighting Provisional Order | 150 |
| Opposing Railway Bills in Parliament, as solicitor—Great Northern and City Railways | 20 |
| Do. North Metropolitan Tramways Company | 10 |
| Do. City and South London Railways | 10 |
| Moira Place Scheme—serving notices, &c. | 20 |
| Be Inquiry and Conveyance of Goldsmith Square and loan | 18 |
| Various litigation, re Turner, Nathan, &c , and legal notices re | |
| Stone Yard, &c. | 15 |
| £318 |
The saving of £2,000 per annum in the Rate Collection has already been
referred to, and the change in the system of dusting and scavenging has thrown a
large amount of new work on the Accountant's Department, whilst the appointment
of two new committees, viz., the Scavenging Committee, and the Housing of the
Working Classes Committee, also involve additional work in my department.
The exceptionally numerous changes in the official staff above-mentioned have
necessarily caused me a grave amount of anxiety, and during the intervals between
the vacancies occurring and their being filled up, and until the new officials settled
down to their work, some disorganization of the work of the office has been
unavoidable, and many improvements which I hope to effect have had to be postponed.
Some alterations in the details of office work have, however, been carried
out, and the following may be mentioned for the information of Vestrymen.
A Post and Stamp Book is now kept in which is entered the name and address
of every person to whom letters, circulars, or telegrams are sent, with the initials
of the person posting or delivering the same, the hour of posting or delivery,
and the amount paid for stamps, and in the case of registered letters the receipts
are attached to the book. By this means, proper legal proof of the dispatch of all