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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 the later Sanitary Acts and makes new and
in some respects different provisions in substitution of the
Acts repealed, and also makes additional provisions with
regard to Public Health in the County of London. The
Act of 1891 constitutes this Board the “Sanitary Authority"
for the District. New provisions are introduced as to the
appointment or re-appointment of Medical Officers of Health
and Sanitary Inspectors, and as to Polluted Wells, Cesspools,
Mortuaries, and other matters. Duties are imposed
upon the Board as a Sanitary Authority to properly cleanse
and sweep Streets, including the footways, and to collect
street refuse. All Owners and Occupiers are now exempt
from obligation to sweep and cleanse footways. This Act