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Bristowe—with the assistance of statistics provided
by your Medical Officer. The seal of the Vestry
was affixed to it, and it was presented to the House
of Commons by Sir William McArthur, M.P. The
information contained in the Petition will be of such
interest to the parishioners that it is reprinted
here:—
To the Honorable the Commons of Great Britain
and Ireland, in Parliament assembled.
The HUMBLE PETITION of the Vestry
of the Parish of St. Giles, Camberwell,
in the County of Surrey, under their
common seal.
SHEWETH,
THAT your Petitioners have learnt with regret
that the Committee of this Honorable House, on
the Parliamentary Elections (Redistribution) Bill,
has been pleased to agree to an amendment to insert
in Schedule 4, line 11, of the said Bill "and the
Hamlet of Penge," the effect whereof will be to take
the said Hamlet of Penge from the Borough of
Lewisham as originally constituted by the said Bill,
and to add it to that of Camberwell which as
originally constituted by the said Bill included only
your petitioners' Parish.
THAT your petitioners humbly submit that no
adequate grounds either of necessity or expediency
has been shown for the said amendment.
THAT your petitioners respectfully submit that
such amendment is open to (amongst others) the
following objections, that is to say :—
1. The Hamlet of Penge is included in the
district of the Lewisham District Board of