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there is a sufficient and available supply of water on each floor.
(4) That there is at least one water closet properly supplied with
water for every twelve occupants (or less) on each floor.
(5) That the drainage of the premises is in accordance with the
regulations recognised by the Authority in whose jurisdiction the
house is situated. (6) That accommodation for clothes-washing is
provided sufficient for the number of persons inhabiting the house.
CLEANSING OF PERSONS ACT, 1897.
The Cleansing of Persons Act empowers the Sanitary
Authority to expend money, if they think fit, in affording
means of cleansing the persons and clothing of those infested
with vermin upon application. At present no general action has
been taken in the Metropolis, except at Marylebone, where the
Authority established a bath room in the grounds adjoining the
disinfection shelter (which by the bye is an establishment not at
present possessed by the Parish of Battersea), as an experiment.
The results proved conclusively that facilities for cleansing are
eagerly taken advantage of, and plans have been adopted by that
Vestry for considerably increasing accommodation and providing
means for both sexes. The great advantage of the arrangement
there, is that whilst the person is undergoing ablution, the
verminous clothes are being disinfected.
PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT.
During the year the London County Council have had under
consideration the question of amendments which it is desirable
to make in the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and asked the
Vestry to advise them as to any points on which the Vestry
thought an amendment of the Act necessary or desirable.
After careful consideration by the Committee and Officers
affected, the following amendments were recommended by the
Vestry:—
1. The Sanitary Authority should be empowered, upon
an order obtained from a Justice, to enter premises within