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17
Local Government
Act, 1894
Upon the application of the Vestries of
Clapham, Streatham, Tooting, and Wandsworth, supported
by this Board, under section 33, sub-section 1, of this Act,
the Local Government Board have made orders conferring
upon those Vestries the right to appoint Overseers. The
Vestries of Clapham and Wandsworth also applied for the
power of appointing and revoking the appointment of
Assistant Overseers, and this subject is under the consideration
of the Local Government Board.
Extension of
Cab radius.
The Board took part in the proceedings
of a deputation of representatives of Vestries and District
Boards, which waited upon the Home Secretary in favour
of the extension of the cab radius, but nothing having
been done in the matter, the Board have again written to
the Home Secretarv in favor of the extension of the cab
radius to the area of the County of London.
Removal of fecal
matter, &c.
The Corporation of the City of London,
having applied to the Local Government Board for an
order assigning to them the power to make bye-laws with
regard to the removal, by water, of fæcal, or offensive, or
noxious matter, in or through the Port of London
Sanitary District, the Local Government Board held an
inquiry at the Guildhall on the 26th June last. This
Board suggested at the inquiry that the conditions with
regard to the vessels used for conveying house refuse and
road sweepings down the river Thames should not be
more stringent than those prescribed by the bye-law made
by the London County Council, under section 16 (2) of
the Public Health (London) Act, 1801 ; that there should
be no restriction as to time with regard to the removal of
such materials, and that if bye-laws were made, the sanitary
authorities should have an opportunity of making
any representations to the Local Government Board
thereon before they were sanctioned. The representative
of the Corporation, present at the inquiry, did not object