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London County Council only." The attention of the Committee
was drawn to your Vestry's letter of May 3rd, covering
the above-named reports, and special attention was directed to
the paragraphs dealing with the subject of Bye-laws. "One of
the objects" of tour Vestry's communication, it was stated,
"was to press upon the Council the desirability of the exercise
by it of the powers conferred by the 202nd section to frame Byelaws."
I may perhaps be permitted to add, that, in an Address
which I delivered before the Society of Medical Officers of
Health, in October, 1884, I dwelt strongly upon the importance of
Bye-laws being framed under the provisions of section 202 of the
Metropolis Management Act, 1855, and that in April last I sent
a copy of the Address to each member of the Council. The
Sanitary Committee, it may be hoped, will see their way not
only to recommend the Council to frame Bye-laws under the
section named, but also to promote legislation upon the other
matters of admitted importance brought to the attention of the
Council.
SANITARY ADMINISTRATION: THE VIEWS OF
THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT BOARD.
The need for improvement in Sanitary Legislation and
in Sanitary Administration has not escaped the attention of
the President of the Local Government Board, who, in the
House of Commons, in March of the present year, made a statement
indicating the views and intentions of the Government
in regard to these matters, especially in connection with the
Housing of the Labouring Classes. Premising that it was
"not so much legislation that was wanted as a reform of
administration," Mr. Ritchie nevertheless admitted that "much
still remained to be done, in the way of legislation, to give effect
to the Report of the Royal Commission, 1885, by means of the
consolidation and amendment of the Sanitary Acts." He hopes