Report to the Sewers and Sanitary Committee of the parish of St. Giles, Camberwell, on houses let in lodgings.

  • Bristowe, John Syer, 1827-1895.
Date:
[1884]
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Credit: Report to the Sewers and Sanitary Committee of the parish of St. Giles, Camberwell, on houses let in lodgings. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    A n REPORT TO THE SEWERS AND SANITARY COMMITTEE OF THE PARISH OF ST. GILES, CAMBERWELL, ON HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS. The subjoined Letter (dated December 29th, 1883), with enclosures, addressed by the Secretary of the Local Government Board to the Vestry Clerk, together with the past and prospective action of this Vestry in relation to the important matters with which that Letter deals, having been referred to me by the Sewers and Sanitary Committee for consideration and report, I beg leave to report thereon as follows :— The Letter of the Local Government Board was addressed to 16 of the Metropolitan Vestries or District Boards besides our own; that is to only 17 out of about 40 Vestries and District Boards comprised in the Metropolitan area. The reason for our inclusion in the minority might seem to be implied in the first paragraph, which says I am directed by the Local Government Board to state that they have deemed it desirable to declare the enactments in Section 35 of the Sanitary Act, I860, and- Section 47 of the Sanitary Law Amendment Act, 1874, to be in force in each of the Parishes and Districts in the Metropolis in which those provisions are not now in operation. But it is. hardly necessary for me to remark that the enact- ments referred to in the Sanitary Act, 1866, have been in force and in use in the Parish of Camberwell for many years, and were still in force and in use when this letter was received, and that consequently the action of the Local Government Board, so far as our Parish is concerned, is a work of supererogation, and of no effect. It is strange, therefore, that the Local Government Board should have