[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard].

  • St. Leonard Shoreditch (London, England). Parish Council.
Date:
[1892]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    22 recommended to give effect to all of them except those relating to the office boys, which were postponed for further consideration. The recommendations were accordingly submitted to the Vestry, and the whole of those numbered 1, 2 and 3 were adopted on the 28th July, 1891. (5) LAW AND ASSISTANT CLERKSHIP. In pursuance of the Vestry's directions, the Officers' Committee issued advertisements, and received 57 applications for this appointment, and after interviewing 12 selected candidates, selected the following 5 applicants, whose names were duly presented to the Vestry— G. W. Clarke, A.K.C., Managing, Common Law, Chancery, &c., Clerk to Dr. White, Solicitor, of Ludgate Circus, author of a Handbook on County Court practice, called The Tradesman's Aid to Debt Collecting. S. P. Forder, Shorthand and Common Law Clerk to Mr. G. D Wansborough, Solicitor, Foster Lane, E.C. Percy Helps, Managing Clerk to Mr. W. R. Helmore, Solicitor, Strand. H. D. Parsons, Clerk to Mr. J. Greenfield, Solicitor, of Queen Victoria Street. W. Steele, Common Law and Chancery Clerk to Messrs. Simpson and Cullingford, Solicitors, Gracechurch Street. On the 1st September, 1891, Mr. George William Clarke (Associate of King's College, London), was appointed Law and Assistant Vestry Clerk of the Parish at a salary of £135 per annum, with £15 per annum for assisting with the Assessment Committee's legal work; and he entered on his duties on the 21st September, 1891. (6) ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT AND BOOK-KEEPER. Advertisements for candidates for this post were issued by the Officers' Committee, and 32 applications were received, and after interviewing 9 candidates, the names of the following 5 applicants were selected for presentation to the Vestry. James A. Battersby, Assistant Clerk in Guardians' Offices, St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington. William Culshaw, Second Bookkeeper, Borough Accountant's Depart ment, Southport (selected out of 40 applicants). Henry J. Hoare, Clerk to Pratt & Norton, Chartered Accountants, Old Jewry, E.C. James H. Pickup, Assistant to Town Clerk of Bacup. Arthur E. Smith, Clerk, Rate Office, Parish of St. Mary, Newington.