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Vaccination Acts have been neglected, to cause proceedings
to be taken against persons in default, and for this purpose
to give directions authorising the Vaccination Officer to
institute and conduct such proceedings.
The Local Government Board also intimated that the
Guardians had no discretion in the matter, and that the
question of what was a reasonable excuse for the parents,
was one for the Magistrates only.
From this communication it appeared that this Board's
action was fully justified.
The Guardians, notwithstanding the communication of
the Local Government Board, continued to excuse cases of
default brought before them, and this Board decided to take
proceedings with a view to enforcing the law, and the matter
was under the consideration of the Board's legal advisers at
the close of the year. The Board have since made a formal
demand on the Guardians, requiring them to carry out the
Acts, and await their reply.
DISPOSAL OF DUST AND HOUSE REFUSE.
This question has been, for some time, under the
consideration of the Board, and on the 6th November, 1895,
they received the following report from their Works and
General Purposes Committee:—
"The Committee beg to report that for more than twelve
months they have had under consideration the question of
the disposal of dust and house refuse. The serious character
of this question has been pressed upon their attention by
reports from the Surveyor as to the precarious holding of the
present shoots. A Sub-Committee was appointed to enquire
thoroughly into the matter, and to consider the advisability
of adopting some method of burning the refuse. An offer
by Mr. Willoughby to erect, at his own expense, a Dust
Destructor on an improved principle, was also referred to
the Sub-Committee. Mr. Willoughby offers to erect this
Destructor at his own expense, on ground to be provided by
the Board, and to remove it should it fail to realise the
results promised from its use. If, however, the trial prove