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By the instruction of the Board, I attended a Meeting at
the St. Pancras Vestry Hall convened to discuss the question of
the desirability of the transferrence of the administration of the
vaccination acts from the Poor Law to the Sanitary Authorities.
A resolution in favour of such transference was carried and it
was decided that a deputation be appointed to wait on the
Local Government Board in pursuance of such alteration, but a
subsequent letter having been received from the Local Government
Board, stating that no advantage would arise from the
attendance of the deputation, no further steps were taken.
With the advent of warm weather came the usual complaint
of nuisance arising from the barges laden with fish offal passing
along and being detained in the Limehouse Cut. On June 24th
I reported that I had received a letter from Mr. Jupp, of the
Island Lead Mills complaining of the effluvium arising from
such barges which had been lying in the Limehouse Cut near
his premises. I stated that the nuisance in question injuriously
affected the health of the inhabitants of the locality and required
to be dealt with by the strongest repressive measures.
Proceedings were therefore ordered to be taken against
Mr. Jonah Chambers, owner of the barges Jonah and Baby in
respect of contravention of Bye-laws of London County Council
as to the removal of offensive matter which took place on 17th
and 19th June. Summonses were taken out against Mr. J.
Chambers for using an improper receptacle for fish offal, and
against his employe for removing fish offal within prohibited
hours. That against Mr. Chambers was dismissed but his
employ^ was fined 40/-
Towards the end of July the Board received a telegram
from the Engineer of the East London Water Works Company
stating that a supply of water could only be given for six hours
daily and expressing a hope that road watering might be discontinued
for the present. In response to this the Board passed a
resolution requesting the Chairman, the Clerk, the Surveyor
and the Medical Officer to wait upon the Water Company
to urge requirements of the District and to obtain two
periods of supply daily. The watering of the roads was as
far as possible discontinued. Earthenware receptacles for
storing water were distributed, and correspondence with the