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By means of the Sanitary Committee the Board exercise a careful
and vigilant supervision over the slaughter-houses within the district,
and much benefit has arisen from the regulations now enforced by
the Board and Justices in Petty Sessions.
Notices of 31 applications for licenses to slaughter-houses were
received, none of which it was considered necessary to oppose, and
the whole were consequently granted by the Magistrates.
With reference to the debts charged on the parish of Fulham,
the Board stated in a memorial to the Metropolitan Board of
Works so far back as the 20th October, 1856—
"That the sum of £8,127 14s. 7d apportioned on Fulham is
"for the cost of works constructed in other places, and that no
."part thereof has been expended in Fulham in the construction of
"any sewer therein : and that, therefore, it would be manifestly an
" act of injustice to call upon that parish for the contribution of one
" farthing towards the payment thereof."
And subsequently when opportunity has offered, the Board have
reiterated in effect the above statement, and called upon the Metropolitan
Board to seek of Parliament power to re-distribute those
debts in a more equitable manner.
It is but justice to the Metropolitan Board to state that they
have regarded the case of Fulham as peculiar; and that, having felt
the force of facts brought under their notice, they have, in a Bill to
amend the Metropolis Local Management Act, proposed a re-distribution
of these said debts,—relieving Fulham to the amount of
upwards of £7,000.
As intimated in their Second General Report, the Board have had
to defend an action brought against them by Mr. F. Scott, relating
to the swing gate placed on the footpath leading from the GoldHawk-road
to the Uxbridge-road; they regret to state that the
result has been adverse to the Board, and that Mr. F. Scott has
obtained a perpetual injunction restraining the Board from interfering
with such gate.
An abstract of the several contracts entered into by the Board
during the past year is appended; also, in pursuance of the 198th
section of the Act, an abstract of accounts, duly audited, showing
the receipts and expenditure for the same period; the report of the
Medical Officer of Health; and a list of the names and addresses
of the members of the Board and its officers.
abstract of contracts entered into by the board during
the year ending 25th march, 1860:
Mr. Coat, for paving and masonry works, at certain prices set forth
in the schedule, and embodied in the contract.