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paid on account of the poor; 15,445 houses, and seven
workhouses.
Mr. Walcott in his Memorials (page 309), gives the number
of houses in St. Margaret's parish in 1708 as 3,079. In
1735 there were 3,950 houses in the two parishes of St.
Margaret and St. John—2,850 in the former, and 1,600 in
the latter. In a paper entitled " Observations and. Considerations
upon the New Paving Bill, 1769," preserved in
the British Museum, the number of houses in the two
parishes is set down as 2,804; but the accuracy of these
figures is to say the least, doubtful, since a decrease of 1146
houses in 34 years is implied. A schedule to the " Observations
" gives some interesting particulars. There were :—
1,365 houses rated at £10 or under.
612 „ between £10 and £15
207 „ „ 15 „ 20
201 „ „ 20 „ 25
149 „ „ 25 „ 30
41 „ „ 30 „ 35
51 „ „ 35 „ 50
44 „ „ 50 „ 60
8 „ „ 60 „ 70
27 „ „ 70 „ 80
5 „ 80 „ 90
3 „ „ 90 100
3 „ „ 100 „ 110
7 „ „ 110 „ 120
8 „ „ 120 „ 130
2 „ „ 130 „ 140
10 „ „ 140 „ 150
3 „ „ 150 „ 170
1 „ at 190
2 „ at 300
In 1761 the rent charge upon which the poor rate was
calculated for the two parishes was £50,000 ; in 1815, the
rateable value was £142,387, in 1828, £129,926, and in