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Bridge Road and Battersea Park Road. The consideration of the
subject was eventually adjourned.
Public-house The Health Committee in accordance with a
Urinals. . . .
practice adopted in several previous years, appointed
a Sub-Committee in January, to inspect the urinals attached to
Public Houses throughout the Parish.
The Sub-Committee met on the 29th January and the 7th
February, 1898, and consisted of the following members.
No. 1 Ward. No. 2 Ward.
Mr. C. Joiner. Mr. J. F. Lane.
No. 3 Ward. No. 4 Ward.
Mr. H. Giles. Mr. H. Chandler.
The Sub-Committee having inspected the urinals, gave
directions for notices to be served in 73 instances. They found
that insufficient accommodation was provided for customers,
or that their condition was so dilapidated or insanitary at nine
premises, that the Health Committee directed that communications
be addressed to the proprietors, requiring them to provide
suitable accommodation, or that in default the renewal of the
licenses would be opposed at the March meeting of the Licensing
Justices. It was subsequently found necessary to oppose, and
in several cases the licenses were renewed subject only to the
Vestry's requirements being complied with.
Disinfection During the year, 83 books were returned to the
destruction Public Libraries from premises at which infectious
UbraryBooks disease existed, and were forwarded to the Public
Health Department. Of these it was considere'd
necessary to destroy 67, the original value of the books being
refunded to the Library Department, the remaining 16 being
books difficult, and in many instances impossible of replacement,
were subjected to disinfection and returned.