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Section 78 of the new Act, extends this provision
to certain conditions in tenement houses:—"A tenement
house shall be deemed to be a house without a
proper and sufficient supply of water unless there shall
be provided on the storey or one of the storeys in which
the rooms or lodgings in the separate occupation of
each family occupying such house are situate, a
sufficient provision for the supply of water for
domestic purposes."
I agree that this is a very necessary requirement but
I foresee all sorts of difficulties in the execution of the
Act. Many tenement houses are so constructed that
it would be impossible to fix water-supply taps and
sink wastes on the staircase or landings; and to fix
these in a room on any floor would only benefit the
tenant of that particular room to the exclusion of
other inhabitants.
VACCINATION ACT 1907.
During the year a new vaccination Act was passed
for the relief of the "conscientious objector."
Owing to differences of opinion amongst Police
Court Magistrates as to what exactly constitutes a conscientious
objection an anomalous situation had arisen.
By the new Act the conscientious objector is entitled
to exemption upon merely making a declaration of
his belief that vaccination will be prejudicial to the
health of his child before a Commissioner for Oaths,
Justice of the Peace or other Officer authorized to take
a Statutory declaration.