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debts incurred by Parochial Authorities to the LondonCounty
Council; School Board for London (Superannuation)
Bill, the end aimed at thereby being attainable through
established insurance offices; Slaughterhouses, &c.
(Metropolis) Act, 1874, Amendment Bill, which would
authorise the establishment of soap boiling anew under
certain conditions; Parliamentary Voters (Qualification)
Bill, and Parliamentary Voters (Registration) Bill, both of
which would virtually abolish all qualification for parliamentary
electors; Shops (weekly half-holiday) Bill, as
impracticable and overlooking the needs of assistants in
establishments where the hours of labour are longest, i e.,
Public-houses, Refreshment houses, Tobacconists', and News
agencies.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE (PREVENTION) ACT, 1890.
This Act marks an important advance in Sanitary
legislation, and as some of its provisions are novel in
character, the following extracts from a circular letter issued
by the Local Government Board, summarising the Act are
given for the information of the parishioners:—
The Act confers upon local authorities and their officers important
powers and duties as regards—
(a) The inspection of dairies and the prohibition of the supply
of milk therefrom iu cases where it appears that infectious
disease is attributable to, or likely to be caused by, the consumption
of milk so supplied;
(b) The cleansing and disinfection of premises, bedding, clothing,
&c., for the purpose of preventing or checking infectious
disease;
(c) The retention, removal, and burial of the bodies of persons
who have died from infectious disease ;