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St Mary (Battersea) 1890

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea]

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The decisions of the Vestry upon the following Parliamentary Bills, all of which received careful consideration by the Committee, were as under:—

Title of the Bill.Decision of the Vestry.
Bribery (Public Bodies) Prevention BillThat a petition be presented in favour.
Horse Flesh (Sale for Food) BillThat no action be taken.
Housing of the Working Classes BillLetters addressed to the Borough Members of Parliament, asking them to endeavour to amend.
Housing of the Working Classes (London) BillThat no action be taken.
Infectious Disease (Noti-fication) BillThat a petition be presented against.
Leaseholds Enfranchise-ment BillThat no action be taken—Bill rejected.
Metropolis Rating (Amend-ment) BillThat no action be taken.
Metropolis Water BillThat no action be taken—Bill withdrawn
Metropolitan Improve-ments BillThat the London County Council be urged to proceed with clauses relating to Nine Elms Lane and York Road Improvement.
Police (Metropolis) BillThat a petition be presented in favour,and that copies of a resolution passed by the Vestry in support be forwarded to the London County Council,theVestries and District Boards throughout the Metropolis, the Metropolitan Members of Parliament and the County Councillors for the Electoral Divisions of Battersea and Clapham.
Poor Rate (Metropolis) BillThat no action be taken— Bill rejected.
Public Libraries Act (1885) Amendment BillThat a communication be addressed to the Members of Parliament for the Borough requesting their support.
Sanitary Registration of Buildings BillThat a petition be presented against.
School Board for London(Elections) BillThat a petition be presented in favour.
School Board for London) (Pensions) BillThat a petition be presented against, and that copies of a resolution passed by the Vestry expressing their dissent be forwarded to the Metropolitan Members of Parliament, the Vestries and District Boards throughout the Metropolis and to the County Councillors for the Electoral Divisions of Battersea & Clapham.
Smoke Nuisance Abate-ment (Metropolis) BillThat no action be taken.
Theatres (County of Lon don) Bill jThat a petition be presented against.