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provide, free of charge, temporary shelter or house-accommodation
with any necessary attendance for the members of
any family in which any infectious disease has appeared,
who have been compelled to leave their dwelling for the
purpose of enabling such dwelling to be disinfected by the
local authority."
It should be added that when in this Act, and of course
in the above clauses, infectious diseases are spoken of,
reference is made only to the diseases which under the
Notification Act are required to be notified.
Another Act of great importance which became law
during the year 1890, is "The Housing of the Working
Classes Act." Part 1 deals with unhealthy areas of
sufficient size to bring them under the control of the
London County Council. Part 2 repeals Torrens's Act, and
enables the Vestry to close premises unfit for human habitation
by procedure which is fully detailed in the Act, but
need not be described on the present occasion.
Table XXVI. gives a summary of the sanitary work
done by your Inspectors in the course of the year ending
March 25th, 1891. It is satisfactory to note that there has
been a considerable increase over the work performed
during the previous year, a result undoubtedly due to the
facts of the office work having, during the year, been performed
mainly by the two officers, Messrs. Chadderton and
Griffiths, who were appointed for this purpose, and of the
clerical work of the out-door Inspectors having thus been
reduced.