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for the purpose of the supervision of the construction of new
drains and a separate salary assigned to the officer no portion of
which would be repayable by the London County Council. The
Council ultimately decided to take no further action in the matter
at present.
Inspectors
appointed
under Canal
Boats Act.
100.—In order to prevent the authority of the Sanitary Inspectors
being disputed when carrying out inspections
of barges on the river, the three Inspectors
whose districts abut upon the river have been
appointed, with the approval of the Local Government Board,
Inspectors under the Canal Boats Act, 1877.
Cleansing of
Persons Act,
1897.
101.—On enquiry being made by the late School Board for
London with regard to provision being made for
giving effect to the Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897,
the School Board were informed that the Act had not been put
into operation in this Borough, but that any article of clothing
sent to the disinfecting station would be disinfected in order to
free it from vermin, and that if information were sent by the
teachers of children in such a condition, giving their addresses to
the Medical Officer of Health, the necessary steps would be taken
to ensure the cleansing of the houses.
Notification of
Measles.
102.—An order was made by the London County Council
and approved by the Local Government Board
under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, including
measles in the list of dangerous infectious diseases and extending
to that disease the sections of the Act except as regards
notification. The Metropolitan Asylums Board agreed to allow the
use of their ambulances for the free conveyance of persons suffering
from measles who are not in a position to pay for the hire of
the same, and a notice was sent by the Council to medical men in
the Borough calling their attention to the decision of the Asylums
Board.
Further information relating to measles will be found in the
report of the Medical Officer of Health, page 60.
Conveying of
Carcases of
Dead Horses.
103.—The following bye-laws with respect to the mode of
conveying the carcases of dead horses through and along public
streets in the county, prepared by the London
County Council, viz.:—