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Road at an estimated cost of £20,930, towards which
the Battersea Vestry is to contribute one-fourth. The
Bill also contains provisions enabling the Council, and
Vestries and District Boards with the consent of the
Council, to erect and maintain in disused burial grounds
under their control any offices, workshops, sheds or
other buildings necessary or convenient for the proper
management and control of such places as open spaces
or public recreation grounds; and section 92 of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, is extended by the
Bill so as to authorise Sanitary Authorities to agree
with the Council to provide and maintain accommodation
for the holding of inquests in connection with a
mortuary or other building belonging to the Sanitary
Authority. The Board suggested to the Council that, in
view of the difficulty of obtaining sites for mortuaries,steps
should be taken to amend the Disused Burial Grounds
Acts, 1884, by providing that mortuaries erected by Sanitary
Authorities should not be considered buildings within
the meaning of the Act, which, as it stands, prevents
the erection of mortuaries and even the extension of
existing mortuaries in disused burial grounds. The
Committee of the Council, who had the matter under
consideration, were adverse to a general amendment of
the Act, but thought that each case should be
treated on its merits and that any particular authority
requiring power to erect or extend a mortuary on such
grounds should take steps to promote legislation on the
subject. The Bill has been amalgamated with the
Sewerage and Drainage Bill, and, as amended, has
passed the House of Commons.
Inclusion of
Southwark
within the City.
The object of this Bill was to include
Southwark within the boundaries of the
City of London. The Board informed the promoters
that they agreed with the proposal, but they took no