[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, The United Parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster]

Westminster 1891

Published: 1892
Author: Holt, Barnard.
Pages: 86
Tables: 38

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STATISTICS.

Parishes. Acreage. Inhabited Houses, 1891 Census Population 1891 Census Rateable Value Current Year.
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Rate Collectors. St. Margaret.

Ward, Name and Office Times of Attendance
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Under the direction of the Committee eighty-four samples of food and drugs were analysed during the year, with the results as shown in the following summary:—

Articles purchased. No. of Samples. Genuine. Adulterated. Convictions.
Page 12

The gross amount in the pound upon a rateable value of £766,355, which the Yestry as the "rating authority" had to levy upon the parish, was 4s. 10½d., made up as follows, the strictly local requirements of the parish being distinguished from the general Metropolitan charges:—

s. d. s. d.
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s. d. s. d.
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The following statement of the amounts contributed by this parish to the School Board since 1871 is again published, for although it does not furnish the pleasantest of reading to ratepayers, it has been found to be useful in past years:—

Precept. Rate.
£ s. d. d.

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STATEMENT OF ATTENDANCES -"m 10th June, 1891, to 18th May, 1892. ST. MARGARET'S. ST. JOHN'S.

NAME OF MEMBER.	The vestry.	Finance Committee.	Works and General Purposes Committee.	Street Cleansing and Sanitary Committee.	Parliamentary Committee.	Joint Works and Sanitary Committee.	Sub-Committees.	Total Attendances.	No. of Meetings summoned to.		NAME OF MEMBER.	The Vestry.	Finance Committee.	Works & General Purposes Committee.	Street Cleansing and Sanitary Committee.	Parliamentary Committee.	Joint Works and Sanitary Committee.	Sub-Committees.	Total Attendances.	No. of Meetings summoned to.
	23	24	28	23	4	12	Sub-Committees.	Total Attendances.	No. of Meetings summoned to.		No. of Meetings held	23	24	28	23	4	12	Sub-Committees.	Total Attendances.	No. of Meetings summoned to.

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BIRTHS AND DEATHS FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH, 1892.

Month.	BIRTHS.							DEATHS.							Corrected.	Deaths in 1891.
	st. margaret.			st. john.			Total Births.	st. margaret.			st. john.			Total Deaths.
	Male.	Female.	Total.	Male.	Female.	Total.	Total Births.	Male.	Female.	Total.	Male.	Female.	i Total. I	Total Deaths.

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The following doaths occurrod at tho undermentioned places, viz:—

Hospitals. Barracks.
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The following is a table of deaths from zymotic causes during the past three years :—

1800. 1891. 1802.
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The following is a table of cases notified each month during the past year, and also the deaths that occurred of the undermentioned diseases:—

Measles. Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria. Erysipelas. Enteric Fever. Typhoid Fever.
Cases Deaths Cases Deaths Cases Deaths Cases Deaths Cases Deaths Cases Deaths
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At this sitting the number will be reduced to four, for submission to the Vestry on the following day.

Name and Address. Age. Present Occupation. Testimonials.
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13. The Committee have received, in response to advertisements in five newspapers on the 30th January and 6th February, 23 applications from candidates for the post of clerk in the sanitary department. The Committee have selected the following four, who have been requested to be in attendance upon the Vestry:—

Name and Address. Age. Present Occupation. Testimonials.
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Number of notices and intimations served to remedy the undermentioned sanitary defects, 589:—
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Number of notices served to remedy the following sanitary defects, 754:—
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Wood Paving. —The amount expended during the year upon new work is £5,920 10s. 3d. The following statement shows the cost of maintenance:—

Situation. Area. Sq. yards. When laid. First Cost. Cost of Maintenance. Per square yard.
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Situation, Area, Sq. yards. When laid. First Cost. Cost of Maintenance. Per square yard.
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The total expenditure, as shown in the following account, amounts to ,£10,584 14s. l0d.

£ s. d. £ s. d.
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APPENDIX No. 4. Officers of the United Vestry, with their respective Salaries, on the 1st June , 1892.

Name. Designation. Date of Appointment. At what Salary Appointed. Present Salary. Conditional Annual increment and Maximum. Remarks.
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APPENDIX No. 7. The Account of the United Vestry of St. Margaret and St. John the Evangelist, Westminster, of the Monies received and paid on account of the POOR RATE for the Year ended 25th March, 1892.

RECEIPTS. EXPENDITURE.
1891-92 £ s. d. 1891-92. £ s. d.
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APPENELX No. 8. STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the VESTRY C ST. MARGARET & ST. JOHN, WESTMINSTER, between the 25th day of March, 1891, and 3 25th day of March, 1892.

RECEIPTS. EXPENDITURE.
General Rate. General Rate.
1891-92 £ s. d. £ s. d £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d
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£ s. d £ s. £ s. d. £ s. d.
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£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
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Brought forward £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
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APPENDIX, No. 9. RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE in respect of the SEWER RATE, and RATES over which the Vestry have no control.

Sewers Rate Account. Sewers Rate Account.
1891-2. £ s. d. £ t. d. 1891-2. £ s. d. £ s. d.
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APPNDIX, No. 10. STATEMENT OF BALANCES AT LADY - DAY, 1892.

ASSETS. LIABILITIES.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.

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STATEMENT of LOANS raised for certain purposes as shewn, and amounts outstanding at Lady-day, 1892.

Number and Date of Loan.	By whom Loan advanced.	Purpose.		Sate of Interest.			Amount of Loan.			Amount paid off.			Amount remaining due.
				£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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APPENDIX No. 11 General Statement of the Liabilities of the Vestry and Money owing to the Vestry on the 25th March 1892.

LIABILITIES. MONEYS OWING TO THE VESTRY.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.

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APPENDIX No. 12. TABLE I.— SUMMARY STATEMENT OF COLLECTION OF RATES IN THE SEVERAL WARDS, F or the Y ear ended 25 th M arch , 1892.

Ward and Collector.	DIVISION I.			DIVISION II.			DIVISION III.			DIV. IV.
	Amount of Rate with "Additions" made during the year.			Amount Collected.			Irrecoverable, as set out in Table II. (With Compositions.)			Percentage of Irrecoverable, (Omitting Compositions).
	Poor.	General.	Total.	Poor.	General.	Total.	Poor.	General.	Total.	Poor.	Genl.

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TA BLE II .— ANALYSIS OF " IRRECOVERERABLEon the poor and General ???

l	2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11
Ward and Collector.	Empty for whole or part of year.		Alteration of Assessment.		Compositions with Owners of Weekly Property.		Allowed or excused by Finance Committee.		Exemptions.		Properties pulled down.		Miscellaneous.		Removal without payment.		" No Effects," Commitment, &c.		Total.
Ward and Collector.	Amount.	Per centage.	Amount.	Per centage.	Amount.	Per centage.	Amount.	Per centage.	Amount	Per centage.	Amount.	Per centage.	Amount.	Per centage.	Amount.	Per centage.	Amount.	Per centage.	Amount.	Per centage.
	£		£		£		£		£		£		£		£		£		£

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APPEN D IX No. 13. STATEMENT of RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE for the year e nded 25th March, 189 2 , in respect of the Churchwardens and Overseers' TOWN HALL A CCOUNT.

RECEIPTS. EXPENDITURE.
1891-92 £ s. d. 1891-92. £ s. d. £ s. d.
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APPENDIX No. 14. SUMMARY STATEMENT of CONTRACTS entered into and existing during the gear ended 25 th March, 1892.

Date of Contract. Name of Contractors. Address. Nature of Contract. For what Period. Amount of Contract. Amount of Security.
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SUMMARY STATEMENT OF CONTRACTS— Continued.

Date of Contract. Name of Contractors. Address. Nature of Contract. For what period. Amount of Contract. Amount of Security.
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SUMMARY STATEMENT OF CONTRACTS— Continued.

Date of Contract. Name of Contractors. Address. Nature of Contract. For what Period. Amount of Contract. Amount of Security.
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SUMMARY STATEMENT OF CONTRACTS— Continued.

Date of Contract. Name of Contractors. Address. Nature of Contract. For what Period. Amount of Contract. Amount of Security
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APPENDIX N o. 15. ST. MARGARET AND ST. JOHN'S BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES. No. 1 Account, as pe r Cash Book. Receipts and Expenditure of the Commissioners from March, 1891, to March , 1892.

RECEIPTS. £ s d. EXPENDITURE. £ s. d.
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No. 2 Account, as per Cash Book. Receipts and Expenditure of the Commissioners from March. , 1891, to March , 1892.

RECEIPTS. EXPENDITURE.
1891-2 £ s. d. 1891-2. £ s. d.
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APPENDIX No. 16. PUBLIC LIBRARIES ACT, 1855. Statement of Receipts and Expenditure by the Commissioners for Public Libraries for the United Parishes of St. Margaret and St. John the Evangelist, Westminster, for the year ended 25 th March, 1892.

RECEIPTS. £ s. d. EXPENDITURE. £ s. d.

RECEIPTS.							EXPENDITURE.
General Rate.							General Rate.
1891-92	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d		£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d

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STATISTICS.

Rate Collectors. St. Margaret.

Under the direction of the Committee eighty-four samples of food and drugs were analysed during the year, with the results as shown in the following summary:—

The gross amount in the pound upon a rateable value of £766,355, which the Yestry as the "rating authority" had to levy upon the parish, was 4s. 10½d., made up as follows, the strictly local requirements of the parish being distinguished from the general Metropolitan charges:—

Continued from previous page...

The following statement of the amounts contributed by this parish to the School Board since 1871 is again published, for although it does not furnish the pleasantest of reading to ratepayers, it has been found to be useful in past years:—

STATEMENT OF ATTENDANCES -"m 10th June, 1891, to 18th May, 1892. ST. MARGARET'S. ST. JOHN'S.

BIRTHS AND DEATHS FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH, 1892.

The following doaths occurrod at tho undermentioned places, viz:—

The following is a table of deaths from zymotic causes during the past three years :—

The following is a table of cases notified each month during the past year, and also the deaths that occurred of the undermentioned diseases:—

At this sitting the number will be reduced to four, for submission to the Vestry on the following day.

Number of notices and intimations served to remedy the undermentioned sanitary defects, 589:—

Number of notices served to remedy the following sanitary defects, 754:—

Wood Paving. —The amount expended during the year upon new work is £5,920 10s. 3d. The following statement shows the cost of maintenance:—

Continued from previous page...

The total expenditure, as shown in the following account, amounts to ,£10,584 14s. l0d.

APPENDIX No. 4. Officers of the United Vestry, with their respective Salaries, on the 1st June , 1892.

APPENDIX No. 7. The Account of the United Vestry of St. Margaret and St. John the Evangelist, Westminster, of the Monies received and paid on account of the POOR RATE for the Year ended 25th March, 1892.

APPENELX No. 8. STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the VESTRY C ST. MARGARET &amp; ST. JOHN, WESTMINSTER, between the 25th day of March, 1891, and 3 25th day of March, 1892.

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APPENDIX, No. 9. RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE in respect of the SEWER RATE, and RATES over which the Vestry have no control.

APPNDIX, No. 10. STATEMENT OF BALANCES AT LADY - DAY, 1892.

STATEMENT of LOANS raised for certain purposes as shewn, and amounts outstanding at Lady-day, 1892.

APPENDIX No. 11 General Statement of the Liabilities of the Vestry and Money owing to the Vestry on the 25th March 1892.

APPENDIX No. 12. TABLE I.— SUMMARY STATEMENT OF COLLECTION OF RATES IN THE SEVERAL WARDS, F or the Y ear ended 25 th M arch , 1892.

TA BLE II .— ANALYSIS OF " IRRECOVERERABLEon the poor and General ???

APPEN D IX No. 13. STATEMENT of RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE for the year e nded 25th March, 189 2 , in respect of the Churchwardens and Overseers' TOWN HALL A CCOUNT.

APPENDIX No. 14. SUMMARY STATEMENT of CONTRACTS entered into and existing during the gear ended 25 th March, 1892.

SUMMARY STATEMENT OF CONTRACTS— Continued.

SUMMARY STATEMENT OF CONTRACTS— Continued.

SUMMARY STATEMENT OF CONTRACTS— Continued.

APPENDIX N o. 15. ST. MARGARET AND ST. JOHN'S BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES. No. 1 Account, as pe r Cash Book. Receipts and Expenditure of the Commissioners from March, 1891, to March , 1892.

No. 2 Account, as per Cash Book. Receipts and Expenditure of the Commissioners from March. , 1891, to March , 1892.

APPENDIX No. 16. PUBLIC LIBRARIES ACT, 1855. Statement of Receipts and Expenditure by the Commissioners for Public Libraries for the United Parishes of St. Margaret and St. John the Evangelist, Westminster, for the year ended 25 th March, 1892.

APPENELX No. 8. STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the VESTRY C ST. MARGARET & ST. JOHN, WESTMINSTER, between the 25th day of March, 1891, and 3 25th day of March, 1892.