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7. The expenditure of the Board, under these and other
Acts hereinafter mentioned, and the contributions of the
District to the expenditure of the London School Board,
are met by precepts issued by the Board to the Overseers
of the various Parishes above mentioned in the District in
proportion to the rateable value of property in such
Parishes. The rateable value appears from the table set
out at the end of this report. The accounts of the Board
have to be audited annually by three unpaid auditors chosen
by the Board in April, from amongst the Vestry Auditors
of the District.
Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
8. This Act came into operation on the 1st of January,
1892. It is a most important Act and repeals many of the
existing provisions of the Metropolis Management and other
Acts, and also repeals the Nuisance Removal Act, 1855, and
some sections of the later Sanitary Acts and makes new and
in some respects different provisions in substitution of the
Acts repealed, and also makes additional provisions with
regard to Public Health in the County of London. The
Act constitutes this Board the "Sanitary Authority" for
the District. New provisions are introduced as to the
appointment or re-appointment of Medical Officers of Health
and Sanitary Inspectors, and as to Polluted Wells, Mortuaries
and other matters. Duties are imposed upon the
Board as a Sanitary Authority to properly cleanse and
sweep Streets, including the footways, and to collect street
refuse. All Owners and Occupiers are now exempt from
obligation to sweep and cleanse footways. This Act is now