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impossibility of, procuring an ambulance a petition was presented
to the London County Council suggesting that with the
view of making the necessary provision in the matter a clause
should be inserted in its next General Powers Bill empowering
Metropolitan Borough Councils to provide ambulances.
Ventilation
of Sewers.
97.—A Special Committee of Members of the Public Health
and Highways, Sewers, and Lighting Committees
considered the subject of the ventilation of sewers in
the Borough. The report thereon together with the reports of the
Surveyors and Medical Officer of Health on the subject will be
found in the report of the Medical Officer of Health, pages 140 to
154.
Housing of the
Working
Classes.
98.—The Housing of the Working Classes has continued to
receive the attention of the Council. Several suggestions
which were made as to suitable sites for
the erection of houses were carefully considered by the Public
Health Committee, and the report of that Committee upon the
subject is included in the report of the Medical Officer of Health,
pages 91 to 93.
SanitaryInspectors
Duties.
99.—The Council considered the duties of the five Sanitary
Inspectors who act under the supervision of the
Surveyors in the construction of drainage works
with the view of their re-appointment and the payment by the
County Council of a moiety of their salaries. An application was
made to the Local Government Board, but the County Council
objected to the proposal on the ground that the supervision of the
original construction of drainage works which is carried out under
the Metropolis Management Acts is not one of the duties of a
Sanitary Inspector prescribed by the Sanitary Officers (London)
Order, 1891. The objection was upheld by the Local Government
Board who, however, stated that under the circumstances
they would offer no objection to the Inspectors acting under the
general direction of the Medical Officer of Health supervising the
construction of new drains of houses as well as the reconstruction
of old drains, but, as the former duty is not one of the prescribed
duties of a Sanitary Inspector under the General Order of 1891,
it would be necessary if the Council desired to carry out the proposal,
that a separate appointment should be made in each case