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"It would not be proposed that the Managers should be charged
with any duty of providing places of refuge, such as those above
referred to, for persons not actually sick. This provision, which
experience has shown to be of as much importance as the removal
of the sick to hospital for preventing the spread of cholera, would
be an undivided function of the Sauitary Authority.
"It is to be observed that the amount expended by any local
authority in the Metropolis in providing any building for use as a
hospital or as a place of refuge under regulations issued by the
Board will, to such extent as may bo determined by the Board,
together with two-thirds of the salaries or remuneration of any
officers or servants employed in any such building, be repaid to
them from tho Metropolitan Common Poor Fund, and will
consequently be a charge on the whole Metropolis."
Before arrangements could be made for all these
purposes the danger came to an end for tho year, and the
regulations were not issued by the Local Government
Board. Since then, however, the matter has been
receiving anxious attention by the Sanitary Committee in
view of a possible outbreak this year, and probably
arrangements in regard to all the points mentioned above
will be made before there is any outbreak, should it
unfortunately occur in 1893.
Great changes were made in sanitary work by
the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, which came into
operation January 1st, 1892.
Sanitary Proceedings.
The provisions as to smoke consumption have
now to be carried out by the Sanitary Authority. Though
in some instances notices were served on occupiers of
factories to prevent black smoke escaping from their
chimneys, no case sufficiently aggravated to require legal
proceedings being taken was discovered.
Smoke Consumption.
The cleanliness, conditions as to overcrowding
and sanitary arrangements of workshops are now enforced
Workshops.