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Parish of St. George the Martyr, Southwark.
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and so far as not required for that purpose those
incurred in respect of streets."
From this it appears that not a penny of the money can be touched for purposes
of lighting the roads and other expenses, until all the provisions of the Public Health
Act be carried out.
Section 7 requires every Sanitary Authority to whom a sum is paid under this
Act, to render to the Local Government Board a true account for the year in question,
of the total amount of the expenses incurred by the Authority, under each of the
following heads:—
(a) Under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
(b) in respect of lighting, and
(c) in respect of streets,
and showing the amount expended in respect of each head, out of the sums paid to
such Authority under this Act.
Section 8 says, that where the Local Government Board, under Section 101 of
the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, are satisfied that a Sanitary Authority has
been guilty of such default as in that Section mentioned, and has made an order
limiting a time for performance of the duty of the Authority, the London County
Council shall, if so directed by the Local Government Board, withhold the whole, or
any part of the payment (if any) next accruing, due from the Equalisation Fund
to such Sanitary Authority.
It thus appears that the old plea of poverty which has proved so cogent in the
past, can now no longer be urged as an obstacle to sanitary progress in the parish.
On the other hand, the contributing parishes will naturally look for some return
for their expenditure.
To put the matter in another form, rich and healthy Hampstead will expect
poor St. George the Martyr to do its best to lessen the—at present—unnecessary
infectious sick and death-rate. If this be done by means of Hampstead's money and
the provisions of the Health Act, there will be less risk of infection being carried from
tenements and slums of poverty-stricken districts to wealthier neighbourhoods.
Vestry of St. George the Martyr, Southwark.
REGULATIONS FOR MORTUARY.
1. Application for permission to deposit a body in the Mortuary shall be made
to the Mortuary Keeper or at the Office of the Health Department, Vestry Hall,
Borough Road.
2. The person depositing a body shall furnish the necessary information for
entry in the book kept for that purpose.
3. A body (except in case of emergency) shall be conveyed to the Mortuary in
a shell or coffin.
4. A body deposited in the Mortuary shall not be allowed to remain beyond a
reasonable time.
5. The coffins or shells are to be placed on the slabs in proper order, and, where
necessary, a card is to be nailed on, giving the name of the deceased, aud the number
of the entry in the Mortuary Register.
(Signed) A. MILLAR,
Vestry Clerk.