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Resolved—That upon application being made at the Vestry Offices for the disinfection of Cabs,
the Sanitary Inspector be instructed to have the same carried out as suggested by him.
The Vestry have Resolved, That the present Sanitary Committee, consisting of the whole of
the members of the Vestry, be appointed a Committee for the purposes of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, with power to serve and receive notices, take proceedings and empower any
Officer of the Vestry to make complaints and take proceedings in their behalf and otherwise to
execute the said Act.
The Medical Officer of Health having drawn the attention of the Vestry to the immigration
of paupers from foreign countries into England and to their being the means of bringing such a
complaint as Cholera, and to some extent paralysing the shipping trade, it was
Resolved—To write the Local Government Board upon the subject.
The Vestry received an invitation from the Vestry of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster,
to appoint three delegates to represent them at a Conference to be held at the Town
Hall, Caxton Street, upon the best method of obtaining the practical application of the opinion
that the immigration of destitute foreigners should be prohibited, or placed under judicious
regulations, when Messrs. F. T. Talbot, W. G. Wells, and R. J. Wood were appointed to represent
the Vestry at such Conference.
At a meeting of the Conference it was
Resolved—That a deputation be appointed to wait upon the President of the Local Government
Board upon the subject.
A letter was afterwards received from the Honorary Secretary to the Conference, transmitting
copy of a letter received from the Assistant Secretary to the Local Government Board, stating
the President did not consider it necessary to see a deputation on the subject as suggested, and
that the question as to the restriction on the immigration of aliens is one for the Board of Trade
rather than for that Department.
The Medical Officer of Health having reported receipt of a letter from the Secretary of the
Mansion House Council on the Dwellings of the Poor, enclosing lists of houses in the Parish
which were alleged to be in an insanitary condition, and having explained the nature of the complaints,
which related more particularly to the want of proper water supply to water closets, it was