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members of the Board. The services of this gentleman had been ably and
freely rendered to the Board as representative of the Liberty of Saffron
Hill, in the affairs of which Liberty Mr. Staight took a very great interest.
By his death the Board lost one of its oldest and ablest members, and a
resolution of condolence was forwarded to his widow.
The Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Septimus Gibbon, M.B., Cantab.,
who had held the office since the formation of the Board in 1856, resigned
his appointment, and was granted a superannuation allowance of £50 per
annum, subject to the pleasure of the Board. The appointment has not
yet been refilled, in consequence of the Local Government Board not
having given its approval and sanction to the terms upon which the Board
propose to appoint a new officer. The duties have been performed
since the expiration of Dr. Gibbon's period of service by the Medical
Officer of Health of the adjoining Sanitary District of Gray's Inn, James
Collings Hoyle, Esq., M.B., who has from time to time been temporarily
appointed, with the approval of the Local Government Board, to act as
Medical Officer of the District, and who has carried out the duties devolving
upon the Medical Officer in a manner satisfactory to the Board. It is
hoped the sanction of the Local Government Board will ere long be given
to the proposed new appointment in order that a permanent officer may be
elected at an early date.
The appointment of a Hall Keeper, touched upon in the last Annual
Report, not having been so satisfactory as it might have been, it became
necessary to make a fresh appointment during the past year, and out
of a large number of candidates Mr. Henry Gardiner, who was at the
time of his election Sergeant-Major of the 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers
(City of London Militia), was selected. Mr. Gardiner, shortly after his
election, completed his army engagement, and entered upon his duties
at the Town Hall.
SANITARY DEPARTMENT.
The question of combined Drainage, which was mentioned in the last
Report as then occupying the attention of the Board, has not yet been
finally settled; and bearing in mind the prominent position taken up by
this Board with regard to this most important question, it may be well to
state what has been done since the last Report was published. It will
be remembered it was decided to convene a conference of delegates
from Metropolitan District Boards and Vestries to consider the subject.
This conference was held on the 17th May, 1894, under the presidency