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restricted limitation on the height of buildings to be
erected in old thoroughfares."
Insanitary
Building.
(i) "That no building should be erected
in such a manner to be injurious or dangerous to
health, or an obstructive building within the meaning
of the Housing of the Working Classes Act. 1890."
That this Vestry decided to support the representations
made by the Conference, and that the Local Government
Board be so informed."
International
Congress of
Hygiene and
Demography.
The Vestry received a report from the three
delegates Messrs. W. Jackson, W. A. Murphy,
and T. J. Perry, appointed to attend the International
Congress of Hygiene and Demography, opened by H.R.H.
the Prince of Wales, on the 10th of August, at St. James's
Hall. Meetings of the Congress were held on the following
days in the University of London, Burlington House,
Burlington Gardens, when papers were read and discussed
in Preventive Medicine; Bacteriology; The Relation of the
Diseases of Animals to Man; Infancy, Childhood, and
School Life; Chemistry and Physics; Architecture in
Relation to Hygiene; Engineering in Relation to Hygiene;
Naval and Military Hygiene; State Hygiene; and
Demography. These included the disposal of sewage, prevention
of infectious diseases, and the health of all classes,
for particulars of which the Delegates refer the Vestry to
the Reports herewith presented. The Delegates recommend
that the sum of £10 10s. be sent to the Secretary, as they
find that this Vestry is the only public body in London that
did not send a subscription.