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ment Board to obtain for the Managers the requisite legal
authority to enable them to do so.
(47.) That the Conference desires to express the opinion
that should the London County County not be able to provide
for a street ambulance service, the duty should be undertaken by
the Metropolitan Asylums Board.
Application of Acts to Government Property.
(48.) That all provisions of the Public Health and Sanitary
Acts should apply to Government property.
Vote of Thanks.
(49.) That the Conference do pass a hearty vote of thanks
to its Chairman for his able conduct of the business of the
Conference.
CONFERENCE ON THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS
DISEASE BY VAGRANTS.
A Conference upon the above subject was held at the
County Hall, in November, representatives from most of the
County Councils, Corporations, City and Borough Councils, in
the country being present. The discussion showed that very
great danger was occasioned at certain times by the amount of
freedom with which persons of the vagrant class were allowed to
tramp about the country generally, and the following Resolutions
bearing upon the question were adopted by the Conference.
General Measures for the Prevention of the Spread
of Infectious Disease by Vagrants.
(1.)(a) That this Conference of Urban and Sanitary
Authorities of England and Wales recognises the increasing