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bye-laws for "works of cleansing and of removing and disposing
of refuse," may not be exercised so as to assist the Vestry in
securing the removal of refuse of an offensive nature ?
15. Infectious Disease Hospitals: Ambulances.—The.
Committee concurring that the Hospitals and Ambulances of the
Asylums Board adequately provide for the needs of the Parish,
make no recommendation, but take note of the duties that would
devolve upon the Vestry should the Local Government Board
issue an Order bringing the Diseases Prevention Act, 1885, into
operation, e.g., in the event of an epidemic of cholera.
16. Disinfecting Chamber.—The Committee see no reason
for providing a chamber while the plan of disinfection by contract
continues to work satisfactorily.
17. Defective Enforcement of Sanitary Law.— [The
Medical Officer of Health liad called attention to defective enforcement
of the provisions of law relative to abatement of nuisances,
and to execution of sanitary works; there being, as the law stands,
no means of obtaining speedy abatement of a nuisance, and nopenalty
for the offence of creating a nuisance. The only penalty
is for (contempt of court by) disobedience of the Justices' Order
after summons; this, moreover, being rarely inflicted to an adequate
extent. Hence the need for the Vestry's interference, as recommended
by the Committee, in sections 5 and 6, under the Nuisances
Removal and the Metropolis Management Acts.] The Committee
express opinion that all proper cases involving infringement of the
law should be brought before the Justices, who will no doubt
exercise their judgment in each case; especially if the importance
of assisting the Vestry in efforts to improve the health of the
Parish be brought prominently to their attention.
18. Amendment of the Law.—Summary Powers Needed.—
[The Medical Officer of Health had reported upon the need for
additional powers, "imposing on the Nuisance Authority a
Statutory Duty to proceed in a summary manner to abate nuisances
and to carry out works of sanitary construction .... as
well as power to the Justices to inflict a penalty for the offence of
causing a nuisance." He urged the duty of putting existing laws-