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also, temporary repairs can now be executed by the Board
in new streets, and this also has been done in several
cases.
7. The expenditure of the Board, under these and
other Acts hereinafter mentioned, and the contributions of
the District to the expenditure of the London School
Board, are met by precepts issued by the Board to the
Overseers of the various Parishes in the District in proportion
to the rateable value of property in such Parishes.
The rateable value appears in the table set out at the end
of this report. The accounts of the Board have to be
audited annually by three unpaid auditors chosen by the
Board in April from amongst the Vestry Auditors of the
District. The London (Equalization of Rates) Act, 1894,
has afforded some slight relief to this District. (See
Accounts).
Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
8. This Act came into operation on the 1st of January,
1892. It has been slightly extended by the "Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, Amendment Act, 1893." This Act
of 1891 is a most important Act, and repeals many of the
provisions of the Metropolis Management and other Acts.
It also repeals the Nuisance Removal Act, 1855, and some
sections of later Sanitary Acts and makes new and in some
respects different provisions in substitution of the Acts
repealed, and also contains additional provisions with
regard to Public Health in the County of London. The