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buildings, and (3) Improvement schemes. The only resolutions
adopted by the Conference dealt with " houses unfit for
human habitation," and were to the following effect:—
" 1 That in the opinion of this Conference it is desirable
that some common understanding should be arrived
at between the County Council and the Vestries
and District Boards in the Metropolis as to the
conditions or defects which would render a house
either permanently or temporarily ' so dangerous
or injurious to health as to be unfit for human
habitation' within the meaning of the Housing of
the Working Classes Act, 1890."
"2 That with a view to arriving at such common
understanding, the Medical Officer of Health to the
London County Council be requested to convene a
meeting of the Medical Officers of Health of the
Vestries and District Boards of the Metropolis, in
order that they may report generally on the subject
to a subsequent meeting of this Conference, and if
practicable, submit for consideration a list or
Schedule of the conditions and defects which may
be considered to render a house so dangerous or
injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation.'
"
After a general discussion upon several provisions of
the Act, the Conference adjourned.
Your Delegates report that the Medical Officer of
Health to the Council convened a meeting of his colleagues,