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and the Guardians with reference to the drainage of the
New Workhouse.
In my opinion the first offer of the Guardians to pay
£250, one moiety of the cost of the increased drainage of
Constance Road is a fair and equitable one, and should, I
think, be acceptcd.
I am further of opinion that the position taken by the
Vestry in requiring the Guardians to make an increased
drain through their premises for the purpose of draining
houses which may hereafter be erectcd between the New
Workhouse and Red Post Hill is untenable, as in my
opinion the Vestry has no such power vested in it.
I should certainly advise that the original offer of the
Guardians be accepted, or the matter be referred to the
arbitration of the London County Council.
I am,
Yours faithfully,
GEO. W. MARSDEN, Junr.
C. W. Tagg, Esq.,
Vestry Hall, Camberwell.
Your Committee recommended that a copy of such letter
be sent to the Guardians.
Approved by the Vestry, January 25th, 1895.
Your Committee held a joint conference with the
General Purposes Committee with reference to the
following resolution of the Vestry: "That the question of
the employment of the unemployed be referred to the
General Purposes and Public Health Committees for