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In 1892 I called the attention of the Sanitary
Committee of the late Commissioners of Sewers
to the possibility of utilising the ground then
unbuilt upon in the City Mortuary enclosure,
but they decided to hire the premises in Cotton
Street for a time as a tentative measure, find the
business of the Shelter has since been carried on
there, and will be so until the new buildings are
completed.
The Corporation, as the Public Health
Authority in the City of London, is to be
congratulated upon the enlightened policy it has
shown in giving the requisite sanction to the
construction of an establishment of a permanent
character, but like most improvements, this has
not been effected without persistent opposition on
the part of ill-informed persons who based their
action upon imaginary dangers which no amount
of persuasion or explanation could overcome.
Memorials were presented by misguided
objectors from distant and near inhabitants of
Cripplegate Ward;—Deputations received by the