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1917 Council Staff Wages

From the minutes of the Mitcham Urban District council
Volume III – 1917 to 1918
Finance and General Purposes
15th May 1917
Page 27

Salaries of Officers per month

Name Position £ s. d.
S. Chart (per R. M. Chart) Clerk 23 6 8
C. H. Parslow Accountant 11 5 0
E. I. Buckland Shorthand Typist 6 12 4
B. Bullock Surveyor 23 6 8
C. R. Brown Surveyor's Assistant 6 19 6
E. Mulford Junior Clerk 3 14 6
C. G. Babbetts Sanitary Inspector 16 13 4
E. S. Rogers Health Visitor 9 2 4
C. M. Pagan M.O. Health 6 15 7
S. E. Crisp M.O. Health's Clerk 3 7 2
H. W. White Rate Collector 16 13 4
L. H. Munday Rate Collector 7 1 8
B. Slater (per F. Slater) Caretaker 4 6 8
F. Slater Caretaker 2 2 4

Minutes of meetings held by the Mitcham Urban District Council are available on request from the Merton Heritage and Local Studies Centre at Morden Library.

James Little

FORMER BARROW MAYOR’S ESTATE.

Mr. James William Little, J.P., of Hill House, Mitcham, Surrey, head of the shipbuilding firm of James Little and Co., Limited, of Glasgow, Barrow, Liverpool, and London, head of the Barrow Steam Navigation Co., at one time director the Furness Railway Co., and former Mayor Barrow, who died on May 11th, aged 73 years, has left an estate the value of £58,204 0s. 5d., of which £56,096 1s. 6d. is net personalty.

Source: Lancashire Evening Post – Friday 30 July 1920 from the British Newspaper Archive (subscription required)