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Survey of District.
The Board has had under consideration for some considerable
time the necessity of having a complete and correct map of the
district, shewing all the alterations that have taken place since
the formation of the Board in the year 1856. The matter is before
the Works Committee to enquire and report as to the best mode
of carrying it out, and Committee will shortly report thereon.
Metropolitan Representative.
The Board in the month of June, 1881, elected Mr. George
Brown as the representative of this district at the Metropolitan
Board of Works.
Union Court.
An action was brought by Mr. Mead, a lessee of certain houses
in Union Court, to restrain the Board from using this Court as a
roadway.
The Board defended the action up to a certain point, and on
3rd June, 1881, under the advice of Counsel, consented to an
order being made, (the terms of which were agreed with the
plaintiff) by which the Board were not to use the Court as a
roadway, unless the consent of the Metropolitan Board should
thereafter be obtained. This consent up to the present time the
Metropolitan Board has declined to give.
Public Mortuary.
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The Board is of opinion that the time has arrived when the
development of the district and rapid increase of the population
demands that some efficient provision should be made for the
reception of dead bodies awaiting coroner's inquest, and also
that further provision be made for the reception of dead bodies
of persons who have died from infectious or contagious disease.
The matter has been referred to a Special Committee, who are
making enquiries as to the cost of erection and maintenance of
such buildings, and the Committee hope shortly to make their
report.
Chalet.
The Board granted permission for the erection of a Chalet de
Toilette at the eastern end of Shepherd's Bush Common, and an
agreement was entered into with the Company. The Chalet
however, has not yet been erected, but the Company state that
they will in all probability be in a position to commence the works
shortly.