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bake steps to make it compulsory in all cases of public-houses which
are pulled down and rebuilt, that provision should be made for
lowering barrels into cellars by means of hydraulic or other power,
and with this suggestion the Vestry concurred.
WAGES AND SICK PAY.
The question of the rate of wages paid to footway masons,
carriageway paviors, and stonedressers was considered by the Yestry
on the 30th June, 1899, when the Surveyor reported that, owing to
the fact of the Yestry not paying the standard rate of wages, he had
at times some difficulty in engaging practical men to carry out the
necessary works. The Yestry thereupon determined that in future all
skilled labourers employed by them should be paid the trade union
rate of wages, and observe the recognised hours and conditions of the
trade union.
The Works Committee have for a long time had under consideration
the arrangements for granting sick pay to the workmen in the
permanent employ of the Yestry. After considering the various
methods adopted for dealing with this subject in most of the parishes
throughout the Metropolis, it was determined that a medical man
should be appointed to attend all the workmen on the Yestry's permanent
staff, and that no sick pay should be given unless his
certificate was produced. It was decided to pay him in accordance
with the usages of Friendly Societies.
Dr. F. W. Smith, of 40, Newington Causeway, was accordingly
appointed as Medical Attendant at Is. per quarter per man, provided
the man lives within a radius of two miles of the Vestry Hall.
NAME PLATES.
A large number of the streets in the parish having been found to
be without adequate name plates, the Yestry determined, on the
recommendation of the Committee, to accept the price of Messrs.
Willing & Co., for the supply of 285 name plates for the streets and
roads in the parish. The plates have since been put up and have
proved of considerable aid to pedestrians and others in ascertaining
the names of the streets.
PIPES AND WIRES UNDER STREETS.
During the year the laying of a number of pipes and wires under
the public streets has been sanctioned by the Committee, including