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16 DECEMBER, 1891.
(6) That your Committee resolved to recommend That proceedings
be taken against the person who refused to sell to
Mr Cox one of your Inspectors under the Adulteration of
Food, &c., Acts, a sample of Butter for the purposes of
analysis.
(7) That having regard to the report of your Clerk, your
Committee resolved to recommend—That your Committee be
authorised to have printed the requisite Forms under the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
(8) That inasmuch as the Engine which has been on hire from
Messrs. Merryweather will be of great service in cleansing
sewers, and also for the purpose of disinfection of clothing,
&c., and removal of snow, your Committee beg to recommend
—That the Engine on hire from Messrs. Merryweather, for
cleansing sewers, be purchased at a cost of £ 150.
(9) That your Committee considered Reports from your Medical
Officer of Health and Surveyor, on the subject of the disinfection
of the articles of clothing, &c., after infectious diseases,
by the apparatus used by your Board, and resolved to recommend—That
the doors, &c., of the Disinfecting Oven on Riga
Wharf be altered, and a boiler provided, so that steam may
be used in the disinfecting of articles after infectious disease;
the estimated cost being, in the event of the Engine being
purchased from Messrs. Merryweather, £20, but otherwise
£70.
(10) That your Committee, pursuant to the reference of your
Board, further considered as to the purchase of Hose, and
resolved to recommend—That three lengths of Hose be purchased
of Messrs. Merryweather for the cleansing of sewers,
at an estimated cost of £24.
(11) That your Committee considered the letter referred by
your Board from the Last London Working Men's Electoral
Committee, asking that the men in the employ of the Vestry
receive half-day holiday on Saturdays.
Your Committee beg to report that so far as it is possible
the men under the control of your Committee already have
Saturday half-dav holidav.
(12) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last
meeting, the following works had been performed, viz.: