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The District Council in November conferred with the two
Parish Councils involved, and it was left to them to come to
some agreement within a reasonable time, failing which the
former would act on its own responsibility and powers. It should
be added that Coulsdon parish seems to be willing to co-operate
with Beddington and Wallington in providing a combined burial
ground for the three parishes, but it is doubtful whether such
a plan would be practicable, although from a sanitary point
of view nothing, per se, could be more desirable.
XII.—BYE-LAWS.
Bye-laws respecting nuisances, scavenging, new buildings
and streets, and slaughterhouses, are in force in the Parishes
comprised in the Drainage District, and also in Purley, except as
regards slaughterhouses.
Amended bye-laws respecting nuisances and new streets and
buildings, including the drainage of old buildings, were adopted
by the Council in 1895 and sent to the Local Government Board
for confirmation. These bye-laws are to apply to the entire
District, and towards the close of 1896 those relating to
nuisances were formally sanctioned after certain amendments
had been made by the central Authority, but nothing had
been heard at the end of the year concerning those affecting
buildings.
Bye-laws for securing the decent accommodation of persons
engaged in the picking of fruit, hops, and vegetables were also
adopted and finally confirmed by the Local Government Board
in October.
The new building bye-laws are urgently required, especially
in Kenley, Smithambottom, and Sanderstead, where considerable
numbers of houses have been and still are being erected without
supervision. In the former place it has just been announced
that 80 to 100 new labourers' cottages are to be shortly built,
and it is to be hoped that bye-lawa will be in existence before
they are erected.