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to be vaccinated, or for disobedience to any order directing such
child to be vaccinated, if either he has been previously adjudged,
to pay the full penalty of 20s. for any of such offences with respect
to such child, or he has been previously twice adjudged, to pay any
penalty for any of such offences in respect of such child." There
was a great outcry against the introduction of the Bill, which it was
felt would aim a severe blow at Compulsory Vaccination, and the
Vestry of Kensington having invited your co-operation, your Board
ordered a Petition to be presented to the House of Commons
against the Bill, which was subsequently withdrawn.
Another Sanitary Reform which is bound to exercise your
consideration, at no distant date, is the question of the disposal of
Town Refuse. It is a question which concerns you particularly, for
at the present time your District is the receptacle for a large
portion of the filth of your neighbours. The reeking contents of foul
dust-bins, the scrapings and slop of roadways, the refuse of markets,
and of various trades are all imported into this District. The
matter has already been before you, and I have received instructions
to watch the action of various Sanitary Bodies with regard to
Messrs. Manlove, Alliott & Fryer's Destructor and Carbonizer.
I have now to report that this apparatus is in use in Leeds,
Bradford, Manchester, Warrington, Rochdale, Stafford, Bolton,
Birmingham, Blackburn, Rotherham, Derby, and Bury, as well as
on the Continent. The Medical Officer of Health for the City
has reported favourably of its working to his Authority, and