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Representatives of Local Authorities. Petitions have been
presented by certain of the governing bodies of the
Metropolis praying that Charters of Incorporation might
be conferred upon them. The Board have consistently
declined to take any action in the matter, thinking it was
unnecessary for them to interfere with the views of
authorities with whose affairs they had no concern.
Congress of Public Health.
In response to an invitation received from the Lord
Provost of Glasgow, the Clerk to the Board and the
Medical Officer of Health were appointed to attend the
Glasgow Congress of the British Institute of Public Health
in the month of July, 1896, and at a meeting of the Board
on the 13th October, 189G, the proceedings of the Congress
were reported and the thanks of the Board accorded to
the Clerk to the Board and the Medical Officer of Health
for their attendance and report.
Seats in Shaftesbury Avenue.
Complaints were again received during the year as to
the nuisance caused by persons making use of the seats at
the entrance to Shaftesbury Avenue from New Oxford
Street, erected by the Board a few years since. Believing
that the complaints were well founded the Board determined
to apply to the London County Council for permission
to remove the seats which were constructed round
the lamp, and which were complained of, and to place
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