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there be outside an open area three feet wide, with the use
of a Water Closet and Ash-pit. It must also have a Fireplace
and Chimney, with a glazed Window nine superficial
feet in area, and opening so as to ventilate the room. Any
person letting an underground room, not having these
requirements, is liable to a penalty of Twenty Shillings for
every day during which the same is let or occupied.
Overcrowding of Houses or Rooms.—By the 29th
Clause of "The Nuisances Removal and Diseases Preven"tion
Act," it is provided that whenever the Medical
Officer of Health "shall certify to the local authority that
"any house is so overcrowded as to be dangerous or preju"dicial
to the health of the inhabitants," the local authority
may cause proceedings to be taken against the persons
permitting such overcrowding, who can be fined Forty
Shillings.—It has been held by the Magistrates of London
that any house is "overcrowded," within the meaning of
this Act, if the entire space of air available for each inhabitant
is less than 400 feet.
Small Pox and Vaccination.—By the 9th Clause of
"The Vaccination Act," which was passed in order to
check the extension of the dangerous disease, Small-Pox,
it is made compulsory on all persons to have their children
Vaccinated before they are three months' old, either by the
Public Vaccinator or a properly qualified Medical Man.
The Public Vaccinators, by whom persons are vaccinated
gratuitously in this parish, are—
Mr. W. B. Parkes, 41, Great Marlborough Street;
Mr. John James, 49, Princes Street, Leicester Square.
The Vestry, impressed with the necessity of carrying out
the provisions of the above Acts with vigour, have appointed
a Sanitary Committee, in conjunction with the Medical