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And recommended that the Vestry should contribute the
sum of £6,000 towards such purpose subject to Parliamentary
powers being obtained, and that an application be
made to the London County Council for a Loan for such
a sum. This recommendation was adopted by the Vestry,
and the necessary sum for the purchase of the Park has
now been promised.
Public Health A letter was received from the Local GovernConsolidntiori
Bill. ment Board, dated 31st January, 1890, inclosing
a draft of a Bill which had been prepared for the purpose
of consolidating the law with reference to the Public
Health of the Metropolis. The President requested to be
furnished with any observations or suggestions which the
Vestry might desire to offer on the draft Bill as a Consolidation
Bill, and asking that his attention might be drawn to
any provisions of the Bill which did not accurately represent
the present law.
The Bill contained 120 Clauses, and proposed to
simplify many of the provisions of the existing Acts, and
also provided for improved forms of procedure and
included all the Law relating to Sanitation in one Bill
repealing all existing Sanitary Acts. The Sewer and
Sanitary Committee referred the letter to the Vestry Clerk
and the Medical Officer of Health for their consideration
and report. The Bill was carefully considered by them,
and they suggested many alterations which their experience
in the working of the numerous Acts enabled them to do ;
and their suggestions were considered and approved by the
Committee. As the Metropolis Local Management Act only
empowers the Vestry to erect mortuaries, the Committee
thought it a fitting opportunity to seek an Amendment of