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received for the hire of the halls for stage plays, to abandon the
stage play licences and to apply for a temporary licence should it
be desired to use either of the halls for a dramatic performance.
The Council decided to light and ventilate the Town Hall by
electricity and a contract was entered into with the County of
London and Brush Provincial Electric Lighting Company, Ltd.,
for the installation for the sum of £350. The subject of the
inconvenience and inadequate accommodation for the Rating
Department has been considered and the room formerly used as
a coroner's court has been fitted up as an office for the clerks, the
room previously used as an office being set apart for the coroner's
court and for use in connection with the letting of the hall.
Registration Disrict. 22.—In order that the Registration Districts of Wandsworth
and Croydon might be made co-extensive with the
Poor Law Unions as altered by the Local Government
Board Provisional Order referred to in the last report the
Registrar-General obtained the sanction of the Local Government
Board to the issue of an Order transferring the part of Tooting
added to Mitcham from the Wandsworth Registration District to
the Croydon Registration District and the part of Mitcham added
to Tooting from the Croydon Registration District to the Wandsworth
Registration District.
Baths. 23.—The subject of the provision of Public Baths for the
Eastern District has again been under the consideration
of the Council and in February last it was decided
that the present being an inopportune time for a large expenditure
on the erection of Baths in the Borough, a set of Slipper or
Spray Baths be provided on two or more suitable sites in the
Eastern District. The Council subsequently decided to erect a bathhouse
with 36 slipper baths on a site at the junction of Park Hill
and Clapham Park Road, being part of the surplus land acquired
for the road widening there. The number of baths to be provided
is not to exceed 36. The subject of the conditions under which
selected Architects are to be invited to submit competitive
designs for the proposed building is under the consideration of the
Baths and Wash-houses Committee.