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feet. Where the frontage is over 20, and not more than 30
feet, an open space of not less than 300 square feet. Where
the frontage exceeds 30 feet, an open space of not leas than
450 square feet.
A part of the same clause, however, permits the erection
over this so-called open space of a building which is not
higher than the level of the ceiling of the ground floor storey.
Another clause of the same Act gives power to the same
Board to make complaint to a Magistrate where any building
is ruiuous, or so far dilapidated as to have become unfit for
use or occupation, or is in a structural condition prejudicial
to the property in, or the inhabitants of, the neighbourhood.
The justice may order the building to be demolished or
repaired, and if this order is not obeyed, the Board may
execute the order.
Minute of the Education Department of the Privy Council.—
A minute of the 6th March, 1882, establishing a new code
of regulations, orders that "the Managers of School
Board Schools must comply with any notice of the Sanitary
Authority requiring them for a specified time with a view to
preventing the spread of disease either to close the School, or
to exclude any Scholar from attendance subject to an appeal
to the Department if the Managers consider the notice to be
unreasonable."
This minute throws a responsibility on the Vestry, for
it is to be expected that the School Board will seek the advice
and assistance of the Sanitary Authority in all cases in which
infectious diseases appear among children attending a
School. It need not be anticipated that the power to
close a School will frequently be exercised, but it is probable
that the exclusion of a Scholar from attendance will be a
much more frequent event, for speaking generally, no child
ought to be permitted to attend School if any member of his
family resident in the same house with him should be
suffering from an infectious disease.
SLAUGHTER-HOUSES.
There are now 50 licensed slaughter-houses in St. Pancras.
These have, with few exceptions, been kept in a cleanly
condition during the year. In one case, after repeated
warnings, the licensee was summoned, by the Vestry, and a
penalty of £5 inflicted by the Magistrate for infringement
of the Vestry's regulations.