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density of the population per acre in Finsbury, it should be fully
recognised that there has been an enormous improvement in
sanitation throughout the district. A Report of this nature made
at the time of the Royal Commission would have had to be of a very
different character to the present. Lastly, there has been a growth of
a better sanitary sense, a potential force which, when rightly directed,
cannot be otherwise than extremely serviceable in maintaining a
high standard of public health in the community.
Having in mind these Introductory Notes bearing upon the
powers a Metropolitan Sanitary Authority possesses, it will now be
necessary to consider what action has been taken to give operation
to the law; after which the necessity of future action may be
considered.