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asking your Vestry to take similar action ; also a letter from the
North Kensington Ratepayers' Association, supporting the
view expressed in the letter from the Battersea Vestry, together
with my report dated 20th July, in which the question
as to the desirability of local authorities being vested with
powers concurrent with those of the London County Council,
enabling them to adopt and put in force, Part III. of the
Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, was discussed
The Committee were of opinion that it is desirable that the
Vestry should have power to put the particular provisions of
the Act referred to into operation, and they accordingly
recommended, and it was resolved, " that the London County
Council be requested to include in their next General Powers
Bill, a clause giving the Sanitary Authority concurrent power
with the Council to put in force Part III. of the Housing of
the Working Classes Act, 1890." The Council have since
signified their willingness to an alteration of the law, which
would enable the Local Sanitary Authorities to put Part III.
into operation in their respective districts, and this power
will doubtless be given before long.