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in the district. The question of the mode of estimating the
price of gas supplied to public lamps was discussed and laid
down by the Honourable George Denman, Q.C., in the
Gravesend case, in the year 1868.
Upon consideration of the matter the Board passed a
resolution in favour of a Parliamentary enquiry being instituted
into the present arrangements and workings of the
several companies supplying gas in the metropolis, with a
view to a fair and uniform charge per 1000 cubic feet being
made throughout the whole of London. A copy of this
resolution was forwarded to every authority in London.
Cab-Stands.
The Commissioner of Police has, during the past year,
made several alterations in the situation of cab-stands in
the District, and the Departmental Committee appointed to
inquire into the Metropolitan Cab Service having invited
suggestions from the Board upon the subject, a communication
was addressed to the Committee, intimating that in the
opinion of the Board more cab-stands and cab-shelters should
be provided in suitable places in the District; that where a
cab-stand is provided a proper water-post should be fixed,
and that cab-stands and cab-shelters should be under the
control of the Local Authority, the expenses connected
therewith being paid out of the County rate.
Sanitary Work.
A very large number of nuisances have been dealt with
and much good work carried out during the past year. The
following statistics as to the work under the Public Health
(London) Act show the activity which has existed:—
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