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The Committee recommended the Council to approve the proposed
by-law.
The by-law was made by the London County Council on the
11th of October, and confirmed whilst this report is being written,
011 the 31st of January, 1903, and approved by the Local Government
Board on the 21st of February. 1905.
Section 55 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act,
1903, imposes the duty of enforcing the by-law upon the Metropolitan
Borough Councils.
CONFERENCE ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE
PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891.
The London County Council were of opinion that it would be
an advantage for representatives of the Metropolitan Borough
Councils to meet and exchange views as to the results of the
experience they had gained in the administration of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891; and to discuss any general principles
which such experience showed it was desirable to adopt with a
view to the provisions of the Act being equally and uniformly
enforced in the several sanitary districts of London. With this
object a conference was held at the County Hall, on Thursday,
the 7th July, at 11 a.m.
Together with Councillors Sambridge and West and the Town
Clerk, I attended a conference of representatives of the London
Sanitary Authorities at the County Hall, Spring Gardens.
The conference was convened on the 7th July by the London
County Council, and was adjourned after a lengthy meeting to
the 18th July.
The following are the resolutions adopted by the conference on
7th July, 1904:—
housing.
Homes let in Lodgings.
(6) That the efficient administration of Section 94 of the Public