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2. "An Act to amend the Law respecting the Metropolitan
Water Companies." The Metropolis Water
Act, 1897.
This Act provides that any Water Consumer or Local
Authority may make complaint to the Railway and Canal
Commission that any of the Metropolitan Water Companies
has failed to perform some statutory duty, and it gives the
Commissioners power to hear and determine any such
complaints and to impose penalties for failure to fulfil such
duty. It also gives Local Authorities power to aid Water
Consumers in obtaining the determination of any question
with respect to the rights, duties, and liabilities of any of
the Metropolitan Water Companies in reference to the
quantity or quality of the water supplied, or the charges
made by them.
And 3. "An Act to amend the Law for the better protection
of Infant Life." The Infant Life Protection
Act, 1897.
This repeals the Infant Life Protection Act, 1872
(35 and 36 Vict., c. 38). It is for the purpose of controlling
Baby-farming, and the Local Authority for it in the County
of London is the London County Council.
Sanitary Work
For the Year ending December 31st, 1897.
The following tables, prepared by Mr. Albert Taylor,
your Chief Sanitary Inspector, show the amount of
sanitary work done. I have added the figures for 1896
for comnarison:—