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of the law it is impossible to deal with the question
satisfactorily
In consequence of this opinion an application was made to
the Secretary of State for the Home Department to receive a
deputation, and an interview was obtained at which the abovementioned
were pressed upon him. He admitted that the law in
its present state cannot prevent these deposits and the erection of
buildings thereon, and therefore promised to consider the matter,
requesting at the same time that the proposed regulations be
submitted to him in writing. At a subsequent meeting of the
Sanitary Committee the following report was drawn up, submitted
for your consideration, and carried. A copy was afterwards sent
to Mr. Cross and the matter referred to the Local Government
Board, who acknowledged the evil and recommended that the
Metropolitan Board should obtain the insertion of clauses in
some Act for remedying the evil complained of.
Report of the Sanitary Committee re Proposed Regulations
for the Erection of Buildings on Dust Shoots.
To the Board of Works for the Hackney District.
Gentlemen,—Your Committee have had under their serious
consideration your reference as to the conditions on which houses
may be erected in the Metropolis on deposits of house refuse and
other made ground. After hearing portions of the shorthandwriter's
notes read, and the opinion of the Medical Officer of
Health, they agreed to submit the following resolutions for your
approval, and recommend that a copy be sent to the Secretary of
State for the Home Department if you consider they meet the
exigencies of the case.
1st. Resolution.—That no building be hereafter erected on
made ground unless the whole internal area of the
premises be covered with a thick layer of good concrete,
at least 6-inches thick, to the satisfaction of
the Surveyor to the District Board, or Vestry.
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