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

  • St. Leonard Shoreditch (London, England). Parish Council.
Date:
1873
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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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    report of the vestry clerk. Gentlemen, During the year ending Lady-day, 1873. the amount Collected by the Poor's Rate was £66,520 14s. 9d.; the amount in the pound levied for the four quarters was 2s. 11d., being for the quarter to Midsummer, 1872, 10d.; to Michaelmas, 10d.; to Christmas, 9d.; and to Lady-day, 1873, 6d. The gross amount levied was £64,684 from which has to be deducted losses from defaulters, excused, vacant premises, and allowances to owners, equal in all to about 13 per cent, of the gross sum charged. The excess of the collection over the amount levied is owing to the higher rate of the previous year being included in this year's collection. The mode in which this sum has been expended will be seen by reference to the statement signed by the Poor Law Auditor given in the Accountant's Report. At Lady-day, 1872, the Vestry was indebted to the Gruardians on Contribution Orders £13,500, and at the same period, 1873, £7000. The amount of the Gruardians Contribution Orders for the year ending Lady-day, 1872, was £60,000, and for the year ending Lady day, 1873, £44,000. Further particulars will be found in the Balance Sheet given with the Accountant's Report.