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either oppose the Bill, or better, that a resolution should be
passed and forwarded to the President of the Local Govern
ment Board requesting him to amend his Bill, so as to carry
out the recommendations of the Select Committee as done
by the St. Giles's Board.
''It might also be of use to try and bring pressure to
bear on our Member (Mr. Causton) to take the matter up."
The Board adopted the suggestion contained in the last
paragraph of Mr. Bodmer's report, and caused a letter to be
addressed to the President of the Local Government Board in
Support of the action taken by the St. Giles's Board of Works,
and also to Mr. Causton, M.P.
ICE CREAM.
The attention of the Board having been directed to the
danger to life and health attendant upon the sale of Ice Cream
by itinerant vendors in the streets of London, the Board
referred the matter to the Sanitary Committee, and, on the
recommendation of that Committee, a letter was written to the
Home Secretary and by him referred to the Local Government
Board calling attention to the fact that Ice Cream is largely
sold in the streets of London to children, and urging upon him
the desirability of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act being so
amended as to include the sale of that commodity, one of the
Magistrates at the Southwark Police Court having decided that
it did not come within the terms of that Act.
CONTRACTS.
Availing themselves of a provision contained in their contract
with the Board for the shooting of dust and refuse,
Messrs. Wakeley Bros. & Co., Ltd., gave notice to determine
the same at the end of the second year of its term of three years
in consequence of the increased cost of disposing of the refuse,
and advertisements were issued and tenders received for
the renewal of such contract; Messrs. Wakeley's being the
lowest, theirs was accepted, and a fresh contract has been
entered into. The contracts for the supply of Portland cement
and lime, Thames ballast and sand, York paving and granite
curb, hire of horses and harness, and for the cleansing by the
Board of the Borough Market have likewise been the subject
of public competition and been renewed. Other works and
things contracted for during the year have been the laying down
of compressed rock asphalte and the supply of creosoted wood
blocks for paving part of the Borough High Street. By private
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