Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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. |
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Bribery (Public Bodies) Prevention Bill | That a petition be presented in favour. |
Horse Flesh (Sale for Food) Bill | That no action be taken. |
Housing of the Working Classes Bill | Letters addressed to the Borough Members of Parliament, asking them to endeavour to amend. |
Housing of the Working Classes (London) Bill | That no action be taken. |
Infectious Disease (Noti-fication) Bill | That a petition be presented against. |
Leaseholds Enfranchise-ment Bill | That no action be taken—Bill rejected. |
Metropolis Rating (Amend-ment) Bill | That no action be taken. |
Metropolis Water Bill | That no action be taken—Bill withdrawn |
Metropolitan Improve-ments Bill | That the London County Council be urged to proceed with clauses relating to Nine Elms Lane and York Road Improvement. |
Police (Metropolis) Bill | That 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) Bill | That no action be taken— Bill rejected. |
Public Libraries Act (1885) Amendment Bill | That a communication be addressed to the Members of Parliament for the Borough requesting their support. |
Sanitary Registration of Buildings Bill | That a petition be presented against. |
School Board for London(Elections) Bill | That a petition be presented in favour. |
School Board for London) (Pensions) Bill | That 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) Bill | That no action be taken. |
Theatres (County of Lon don) Bill j | That a petition be presented against. |