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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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suant to a resolution of that Board on the 17th October,
1889; one in January, amounting to £14,951 11s. 3d. to
meet the approximated expenditure for the six months
commencing at Lady-day; and the second in July,
amounting: to £16,008 4s. 6d. for the remainder of the
As in previous years, a summary of the amounts contributed by the ratepayers of the parish to wards the expenses of the School Board since 1871 is appended:-
| Precept. | Rate. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | d. | |
| 1871 | 983 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1872 | 1,857 | 5 | 11 | 1½ |
| 1873 | 1,535 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 1874 | 3,689 | 1 | 9 | 1¾ |
| 1875 | 6,440 | 4 | 9 | 3½ |
| 1876 | 9,597 | 18 | 4 | 4 |
| 1877 | 11,363 | 9 | 11 | 5½ |
| 1878 | 11,224 | 4 | 9 | 5 |
| 1879 | 12,556 | 4 | 11 | 4½ |
| 1880 | 14,458 | 9 | 11 | 5½ |
| 1881 | 14,799 | 13 | 4 | 5½ |
| 1882 | 14,797 | 2 | 8 | 6½ |
| 1883 | 17,316 | 16 | 0 | 7 |
| 1884 | 20,474 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 1885 | 22,613 | 12 | 11 | 9 |
| 1886 | 25134 | 1 | 10 | 9 |
| 1887 | 24,010 | 19 | 9 | 9 |
| 1888 | 22,899 | 8 | 11 | 9 |
| 1889 | 25,531 | 10 | 3 | 8 |
| 1890 | 30,959 | 15 | 9 | 11½ |
(The above figures are exclusive of sums levied in respect
of Government 'property and election expenses).
LOANS.
Two new loans—one of £6,000 for the purchase of the New
Wharf in the Grosvenor Road, and one of £1,600 to defray the