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with notices to carry out various sanitary works so
as to put them in a habitable condition, but they
decided to close them in preference to carrying out
notices. The houses have since been demolished.
Eighty-two cases of overcrowding were reported
and very carefully investigated by the Committee.
In a few instances it became necessary to institute
legal proceedings in order to enforce the orders of
the Vestry.
It is much to be regretted that the efforts to
secure public lavatory accommodation for both
sexes in Southwark Park Road, opposite " John
Bull" P.H. and "Queen Charlotte" P.H., at
junction of Jamaica Road and Southwark Park Road
have hitherto been unsuccessful.
With regard to the Staff of the Sanitary Department,
Mr. Cockburn resigned his position, and the Vestry,
on November 2nd, appointed Mr. Owner and
Mr. Stiles as Assistant Inspectors, while Mr. Bartlett,
who had already been in the service of the Vestry for
several years, was appointed as an Assistant Inspector
in December, he having at that time passed the
examination and obtained a certificate of the
Sanitary Institute. The parish was divided into