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TEMPORARY SHELTER.
I have again to call attention to the necessity of a temporary
shelter or house accommodation as required by sec.60,
sub-sec. 4, of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, where
it states the "Sanitary Authority shall provide temporary
shelter or house accommodation for persons who are compelled
to leave their dwellings for the purpose of enabling
such dwellings to be disinfected by the Sanitary Authority."
During the year 78 families, consisting of 116 adults and
157 children, were turned out of their homes to enable disinfection
to be properly carried out. The absence of such
shelter caused a great hardship on the persons thus displaced,
and in my opinion tends to spread infectious disease,
as out of sympathy they are frequently taken in by their
neighbours or have to remain in the public street, often
during very inclement weather. Efforts have been made
in past years to secure accommodation, but without success,
and the only way I see to succeed is for the Vestry to purchase
land near the Depot and erect a suitable reception
house.
BILLS DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE PARISH.
In July, large bills were posted and small ones delivered
throughout the Parish, requesting the public to adopt
measures of precaution against the possible occurrence of
cholera and other contagious or infectious diseases.