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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
Wandsworth 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, The United Parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster]
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the metropolis. The rateable value upon which this rate was levied amounted to £766,006, the component parts of the rate being shown by the following statement:—
| s. | d. | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For the strictly local purposes of the Vestry—maintenance, lighting and cleansing of the roadway, footways, etc , and construction of sewers | 1 | 1 | ||
| For expenses of Free Public Library (now included in the Poor Rate) | 0 | 0½ | ||
| 1 | 1½ | |||
| For the relief of the poor, including expenses of the London County Council, Police, Metropolitan Asylums Board, and Baths and Wash-houses. | 2 | 9½ | ||
| For the purposes of the School Board for London | 0 | 11½ | ||
| Total for central purposes | 3 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 10½ |
Thus, of the rates levied in the parish, 3s. 9d. in the £, or
76.9 per cent., were for the purposes of the central spending
bodies, over whose expenditure the Vestry have no control
whatever.
SCHOOL BOARD FOR LONDON.
The Vestry were called upon to pay £33,545 13s. 4d.
to the School Board for London, that sum including
£2,585 17s. 7d., in respect of Government property,
and being an increase upon the amount required
for the previous year of £5,954 16s. 10d. Two precepts
are issued by the School Board every financial year, pur-