§ Mr. LANSBURYasked the Minister of Health what was the total amount of rates paid for all purposes in the County of London during the year ended 21st March, 1928, by each of the following properties: Government properties of all description, docks, wharves, piers, etc., tramway undertakings, cemeteries, railways, sewerage, electricity, mills, factories of every description, wholesale and retail shops, and dwelling-houses, and such other properties assessable for rates?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe desired information, so far as it is in my possession, will be found set out separately for London in a statement, copies of which will be available in the Vote Office to-day.
§ Mr. SCURRasked the Minister of Health the poor rate levied in each of the Poor Law unions in the County of London as at September, 1926, March, 1927, September, 1927, and March, 1928, respectively?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe desired information is contained in the following statement:
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Name of Poor Law Union (and of any differentially rated area therein). Amount per pound of assessable value of rate levied for the relief of the Poor and other expenses of the Guardians for each of the half-years ended: September, 1926. March, 1927. September, 1927. March, 1928. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. City of London. … 1 3.1 1 5.0 1 6.3 1 5.5 Bermondsey … 3 8.6 4 3.6 3 10.8 3 10.6 Bethnal Green … 5 7.1 5 9.0 6 7.1 5 3.6 Camberwell … 3 0.4 2 1.7 2 0.3 2 1.4 Chelsea … 1 6.3 1 6.7 l 8.1 1 6.7 Fulham … 1 8.0 1 10.2 l 9.2 1 9.8 Greenwich: St. Paul, Deptford … 2 8.4 3 4.0 2 9.3 2 7.8 Greenwich … 3 0.1 3 0.6 2 10.3 2 5.9 St. Nicholas, Deptford … 3 2.2 2 7.0 2 11.6 1 11.2 Hackney: Hackney … 1 11.0 1 9.5 1 9.7 1 8.4 Stoke Newington … 1 10.4 1 9.7 1 9.9 1 8.8 Hammersmith … 1 9.6 1 11.3 2 0.2 1 10.6 Hampstead … 1 4.0 1 7.0 1 6.6 1 7.2 Holborn: Finsbury … 1 6.6 1 6.9 1 6.0 1 7.7 St. Andrew and St. George … 1 6.7 1 6.6 1 6.2 1 7.9 Furnival's Inn. … 1 5.8 1 5.9 1 5.7 1 7.2 Gray's Inn. … 1 2.3 1 2.1 1 1.6 1 3.5 Lincoln's Inn (Township) … 1 6.6 1 5.8 1 8.0 1 9.0 Lincoln's Inn (St. Clements Danes) … 1 4.3 1 3.0 1 5.3 1 6.4 Lincoln's Inn (Liberty of the Rolls) … 1 4.3 1 3.0 1 5.3 1 6.4 Lincoln's Inn (Hall, etc.) … 1 8.1 1 7.5 1 9.4 1 10.8 Saffron Hill … 1 6.4 1 5.9 1 5.9 1 7.6 St. Giles and St. George … 1 6.9 1 6.8 1 6.2 1 7.9 Staple Ian … 1 6.4 1 6.3 1 5.6 1 7.3 Islington … 1 4.7 1 5.6 1 8.5 1 7.6 Kensington … 1 4.5 1 4.6 1 5.9 1 5.9 Lambeth … 1 10.8 1 8.4 1 8.1 1 6.9 Lewisham: Lewisham … 1 10.8 1 11.8 1 11.4 1 11.9 Eltham … 1 10.4 2 0.4 1 9.6 1 10.5 Paddington (yearly rate) … 3s. 3.7d. 3s. 4.5d. Poplar Borough … 6 10.9 6 4.7 6 4.6 6 4.2 St. Marylebone … 1 4.0 1 6.0 1 7.6 1 8.0 St. Pancras … 1 6.5 1 8.9 1 8.7 1 8.6 Shoreditch … 2 3.0 2 5.4 2 10.8 1 11.8 Southwark: St. Saviour … 4 8.6 2 8.4 2 7.6 2 2.2 St. George the Martyr … 4 7.9 2 9.8 2 6.6 2 2.7 St. Mary, Newington … 4 7.1 2 8.3 2 5.1 2 2.1 Christchurch … 4 6.5 2 8.5 2 6.8 2 3.6 *Stepney: Whitechapel … 4 3.9 4 4.5 4 3.8 4 3.1 Mile End Old Town … 4 1.2 4 2.3 Limehouse … 4 4.1 4 4.3 St. George in the East … 4 5.9 4 5.8 Wandsworth: Battersea … 1 9.1 1 8.8 1 8.9 1 8.5 Wandsworth … 1 9.4 1 9.4 1 8.8 1 8.3 Westminster … 1 4.3 1 5.2 1 5.3 1 6.1 Woolwich: Charlton and Kidbrooke … 2 5.6 2 5.8 2 6.9 2 3.5 Plumstead. … 2 2.8 2 6.0 2 5.0 2 7.6 Woolwich … 2 2.3 2 5.6 2 3.6 2 8.8 *Stepney.—The four parishes forming the Stepney Union were united on the 1st April, 1927, to form the new parish of Stepney.