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further details as to the nature of the works performed,
reference should be made to his Report.
The St, Giles Church Yard.
For several years past suggestions have been made as to
the desirability of the Burial Ground adjoining the St.
Giles' Church being laid out as an open space under the
provisions of the Open Spaces Act, 1887, and on the 4th
April, 1889, a communication was received from the Rev.
Canon Nisbet enquiring whether the Board were prepared
to undertake the suitable laying out and maintenance of the
ground in the event of its being handed over to them for
the use of the public.
After very careful consideration, and receiving Reports
from its Officers, the Board resolved to take a lease of the
Churchyard for 21 years, determinable at any time at the
Board's option by six calendar months' previous notice, and
to lay out the same in accordance with the plan which was
prepared for the purpose. The proposals were accepted by
the Rector and Churchwardens, and approved by the Vestry
of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, and steps are now being taken to
obtain the necessary Faculty for legalising the proposed
alterations.
The annual cost of maintaining the Churchyard and providing
for a Caretaker, is estimated at £100.
The Artizans and Labourers Dwellings Acts,
1868 to 1885.
During the past year the Medical Officer of Health
reported that the following premises weie in a state
dangerous to health so as to be unfit for human habitation,