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decided to make Bye-laws under the 9th section of the
Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1885, empowering them
to make Bye-laws for promoting cleanliness in and the habitable
condition of tents, vans, sheds, and similar structures
used for human habitation, and for preventing the spread of
infectious disease by persons inhabiting such tents, &c., and
generally for the prevention of nuisances in connection with
the same.
The Bye-laws were duly made and confirmed, and
received the approval of One of Her Majesty's Principal
Secretaries of State on the 22nd May, 1891. The same are
now in force in the District.
General Subjects.
The Board, during the year, received and dealt with
numerous letters from Metropolitan Vestries and District
Boards and other Boards, relating to matters of general
interest in the Metropolis. The Board also made and
furnished Returns required by the Local Government Board
as to the Receipts and Expenditure of the Board, and a
Return called for by Parliament under the following Order:—
Copy Order of the House of Commons referred to.
"Ordered, that there be laid before this House, a Return
of Salaries, Fees, or other Emoluments received by the
the Officers and their Assistants in the employment of the
various Metropolitan Vestries and District Boards, and
the "Woolwich Local Board of Health, during the year
ended on the 25th day of March, 1889, in the discharge
of their official duties under the Metropolis Management
Acts, or of any duty imposed on them by any other Public
or Local Act."
The Board have also received and dealt with a large
number of letters generally relating to numerous and varied
subjects affecting the District, and the lighting, cleansing,
and improvement of the same.
Meetings of the Board and Committee.
There were in all 141 Meetings held during the year,