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supposed nuisance. It is not absolutely necessary that the
name and address of the informant should be given in all
cases, although it is very desirable that this should be done
where possible, in order to save loss of time in fruitless
inquiry.
Another and most valuable mode of assisting in maintaining:
a high degree of public health is for each householder to
insist upon scrupulous cleanliness being observed in the
premises under his control.
It cannot be too strongly urged that proper precautions
against infection will also do much to ensure immunity from
sickness generally. The great preventive of disease is cleanliness—cleanliness
in living, cleanliness of person, and cleanliness
of surroundings. The Yestry, as the local Sanitary
Authority, are constantly striving after this condition of
things, but unless the parishioners generally heartily cooperate
in their several spheres, a great part of the work of
the Yestry will be rendered nugatory.
As the London County Council would appear to have power
to appoint a Medical Officer of Health for the whole Metropolis,
whose duties, it is assumed, would be to collate the
vital statistics of all London for the information of the local
Officers, the Yestry have instructed their Medical Officer of
Health to prepare a detailed report on the sanitary condition
of the Parish for the information of the Council.
WATER SUPPLY TO TENEMENT HOUSES.
A communication was received from the Yestry of Clerkenwell,
suggesting that Water Companies, and failing them the
Local Sanitary Authorities, should have power to repair defective
fittings to premises provided with a constant supply of