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and that it would afford the police of the St. James's Division
pleasure to act in harmony with the Vestry's Officers in the matter.
Among other questions bearing on the public health that have
received consideration during the year, is the enforcement of regulations
with regard to tenement houses under the 35th section of the
Sanitary Act, 1866. Regulations for this purpose were made in the
year 1867, their operation being limited to one year. The degree
of success attending these regulations at that time was not
encouraging, and they were therefore not revived, the Vestry
preferring to act under the general law relating to nuisances, which,
in most cases, proved sufficient. At the close of the year, however,
the Vestry were considering the advisability of framing fresh
regulations.
The Vestry have also had under consideration the various
statutes relating to the dwellings of the labouring classes, and have
suggested to the Local Government Board the desirability of transferring
the inspection and sanitary regulation of common lodginghouses
from the police to the local Sanitary Authority. Another
Act which the Vestry consider requires early amendment, is the
Labouring Classes Lodging-Houses Act, which enables local Authorities
to appoint Commissioners to provide lodging-houses, but does
not give them power to compulsorily purchase land or property for
the purpose. The Vestry have also called the attention of the
Local Government Board to this point.
Licenses to the two slaughter-houses in the Parish have been
renewed. There are no cowsheds at present existing in the Parish.
Particulars of the sanitary condition of the Parish, and sanitary
works carried out during the year, are given in the Report of the
Medical Officer of Health, commencing on page 127, and the
Appendices thereto.
INSPECTION OF CONVENTS AND SIMILAR
INSTITUTIONS.
In the month of April attention was directed to an outbreak of
Typhus Fever in Nazareth House, Hammersmith, which only