[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.

Provider: City of London, London Metropolitan Archives

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    The Vestry of the parish of St. Leonard, Shoxeditch, IN THE COUNTY OF LONDON. ANNUAL REPORT. Gentlemen, It is with no little satisfaction that I present the following record of the work accomplished by you during the first year I have had the honour of acting as your Clerk and Solicitor. The importance of the schemes launched and carried into execution, and the numerous changes in your official staff and methods of administration, will make the year ending 25th March, 1892, a memorable one in the municipal history of Shoreditch, and will prove that a Metropolitan Vestry is well able to keep pace with the important changes of local government legislation and the increasing needs of municipal life. The successful execution of a scheme for the Dusting and Scavenging of the Parish by the Vestry's workmen, instead of through Contractors ; the acquisition of the important monopoly of the Electric Lighting of the Parish ; the adoption of an improved system of Rate Collection, effecting a saving of about £2,000 a year ; the acquisition of the first Open Space in Shoreditch ; the settlement of a scheme for re-constructing the Moira Place and Plumber's Place insanitary areas, and raising a loan of £40,000 for that purpose by the issue of Debentures under the Local Loans Act, 1875; and the appointment of Commissioners for Public Libraries, who have acquired a Library building—constitute the chief results of a year's work, of which the most ambitious local authority might well be proud. And, when it is remembered that the rates for the year have been the same as for the previous year, it may be claimed that increased economy has accompanied increased efficiency, and a larger amount of work has been performed at the same expenditure as heretofore. RATES. The total rates raised during the past year amount to 5s.3d. in the £, which is the same total as that for the previous year. Of this amount 1s. 5d. was expended