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to cope effectually with the nuisances which are
constantly arising. In the next place, the power of
framing regulations for houses let in lodgings ought
to be vested in the Metropolitan Board of Works,
and their bye-laws should be compulsory throughout
the whole of the metropolis. In the third place,
Torren's Acts should be amended, and if not
restored to their original simplicity, should at any
rate be so modified as (with the object of making
real local improvements) to give Vestries powers of
compulsory purchase. Fourthly, I should like the
expressions " a nuisance or injurious to health,"
and "in a state dangerous to health so as to be
unfit for human habitation," as applied to houses in
the Sanitary Acts, and on the basis of which
proceedings have to be taken against them, replaced
by something more definite, such for example, as
"a nuisance or unfit for human habitation by reason
of filthiness, disrepair, faulty ventilation, bad drainage,
structural defects, or recurrence of disease,"
And, lastly, I think express power should be given
to order for any house that the purest available
water should be supplied for drinking purposes
The last subject of consideration is a domestic
one. Can we improve the sanitary administration
of the parish ? There are, no doubt, some matters