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6. Vestry's mode of procedure. 180f„19 VlnCo' e' cio' s* I4'A'r
J L 613 ; s. 12, p. 612 ; & s. io.
p. 613.
7. Rules with respect to house drain- ls & 19 Vic., c. 120, aa.73,76,
1 pp. 40, 41 ; s. 83, p. 45.
age, &c.
8. Power of Metropolitan Board of 18 & 19 Vic., c. 120, s. 202, p.
r 124 ; s. 138, p. 82.
Works to make Bye-laws, &c. 25 & 26 Vic.,c. 102, s. 83, p. 209.
9. Public conveniences. 18 & 19 Vic., c. 120, s. 88, p. 47-
10. Drinking fountains. 25 & 26 Vic., c. 102, s. 70, p. 199.
11. Paving and drainage of private 18 & 19 Vic., c. 120, s. 100, p. 66.
„ 25 & 26 Vic., c. 102. ss. 80, 81,
mews, courts, &c. p. 208.
12. Consumption of smoke. 29 & 30 Vic., c. 90, s. 19, p. 643.
13. Periodical removal of manure, 29 & 30 Vic., c. 90, s. 53, p. 654.
25 & 26 Vic., c. 102, s. 95. p. 216.
and other refuse matter. 18 & 19 Vic.,c. 120,s. 202. p.124.
14. Trade refuse. 18&19 Vic.,c. 120,s. 128, p. 71.
15. Infectious disease hospit als: 29 & 30 Vic., c. 90, s. 22, p. 645.
. , , 46 & 47 Vic., c. 35, s. 5.
Ambulances.
16. Disinfecting chamber. 29 & 30 Vic., c. 90,s. 23, p. 645.
17. Defective enforcement of Sanitary 25 & 26 Vic., c. 102, s. 64, p. 196.
Law.
18. Amendment of the Law: Sum-Various Acts.
mary powers needed.
The Committee reported, in substance, on the several subjects,
as follows:—
1. The Housing of the Working Classes is a " question
that can be dealt with satisfactorily" only by a metropolitan
authority having power to put Lord Shaftesbury's Acts into
operation. This view was subsequently sustained by the action
of Parliament, which by Section 1 of the Housing of the Working
Classes (England) Act, 1885, authorised the Metropolitan Board
of Works to adopt the Acts if one of Her Majesty's principal
Secretaries of State approves of such adoption.
2. Underground Rooms.—The Committee take note of
Clause 61, Public Health (Metropolis) Bill, 1885, which proposed
to transfer the powers now exercised by the District Surveyor
to the Sanitary Lispector, and recommend, pending