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Westminster 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, The United Parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster]
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the school board for london.
Compared with that of the preceding year the demand
of the School Board for London was some £700 less, the
amount being £32,972. To raise this, a rate of ll½d. in the
£ was made.
Including the amount of the above named precept, the total
of the sums contributed by the ratepayers of Westminster
to the funds of the School Board, is no less than £358,633,
irrespective of the payments made in respect of the Government
property in the parish, which may be computed at
£20,000.
The sums demanded and the rate made year by year since the creation of this expensive Board may be seen from the following statement:—
| Precept. | Rate. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | d. | |
| 1871 | 983 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1872 | 1,857 | 5 | 11 | l½ |
| 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 | 25,134 | 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 |
| 1891 | 33,549 | 2 | 6 | 12½ |
| 1892 | 32,972 | 7 | 9 | 11½ |
(The above figures are exclusive of sums levied in respect
of Government property and election expenses).