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years ago. As regards (3) concurrent power is given to the
Sanitary Authority in respect of slaughter-houses. The Act
goes a long way in the direction of (4); not, however, so directly
as it might have done; but it does not provide a speedy
means of abating overcrowding, as I suggested in (5), the process
being tedious and objectionable, as I explained fully in my
Annual Report for 1889, page 126. Nor does the Act give
effect to my views as to (6) but the Sanitary Authority may
do what I think they should be required to do. The
recommendations (8) and (9) were not embodied in the Act.
The law as to (8) is unaltered. As to (9) it is to be presumed
that Sanitary Authorities who, like your Vestry, do
the work of disinfection by contract, will not be interfered
with. Happily, full effect has been given to (7), the recommendation
I made first in January, 1877, having been completely
carried out, so that henceforth the Hospitals of the
Asylums Board will be free to all comers. Your Vestry,
who were the first to endorse my views on this subject which,
almost universally objected to when first published, are now
just as universally approved, may be congratulated upon the
legislation which completes the London Infectious Disease
Hospital system—a system which is now in all respects
satisfactory, and an example to all Sanitary Authorities at
home and abroad.
THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD AND THE
PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891.
In accordance with the usual practice in such cases,
the Local Government Board issued to the Sanitary
Authorities a Memorandum on the Public Health (London)
Act (a copy of which was forwarded to every member of
your Vestry), with a covering letter in which reference was
made to the duties imposed by the legislature upon those
Authorities under the Act. The MEMORANDUM is in effect a
summary of the provisions of the Act, useful, as an official