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In the case of outdoor relief, the Select Committee on
Poor Law Relief last session reported that "there are wide
"divergencies in the system of administration of out-door
"relief pursued by the various metropolitan boards of
"guardians, and, admitting that the guardians should within
"certain limits be able to adapt their policy to the particular
"circumstances of each district, it cannot be regarded as
"satisfactory that there should be in adjoining districts such
"a marked difference in practice as now sometimes exists."
It is intended that by this Bill uniformity should be secured
where uniformity is desirable, whilst at the same time the
provisions are sufficiently elastic to adjust themselves to the
varying circumstances of different unions (Clause 14).
An Amendment to this Bill, "to put off for six months,"
which was carried in the House of Commons, was moved
by the Member of the Peckham Division and seconded
by the Member for Dulwich, at a subsequent Meeting of the
Vestry the following resolution was carried.
"That this Vestry considering that the principle con"tained
in 'The Poor Rate (Metropolis) Bill is worthy of
"their strongest support, trusts that the measure may be
"re-introduced into Parliament, and receive the sanction of
the Legislature at an early date, and that a copy of this
"resolution be forwarded to the Members of Parliament for
"the Borough."
Sanitary
Regulation of
Buildings.
This Bill provides that all buildings throughout
the United Kingdom shall be registered and a
certificate obtained from a licentiate in sanitary practice,
stating that the sanitary condition of such building is