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THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AGAINST LORD CRAVEN-THE PEST-
HOUSE FIELD CHARITY.
After very great delay on the part of the late
Attorney-General (now Lord Chancellor), a scheme was
proposed by him for handing over the funds of this
Charity to the Paddington Hospital. This scheme was
opposed by the Vestry Clerk, by desire of the Vestry
and Overseers, and was unanimously rejected by all the
parties interested. Subsequently, it was proposed by
the three parishes of St. James, St. Clements, and
St. Paul's, Covent Garden, that the funds of the Charity
should be handed over to the King's College Hospital.
This Parish stood alone in opposing this scheme, and
the opposition thereto led to a meeting being called by
the solicitors of the present Attorney-General, at which
representatives from each of the interested parishes
attended; and in consequence of what passed at that
meeting, a scheme has been now proposed for allowing
each Parish to devote its own proportion of the funds to |
such purposes, consistent with the objects of the Charity,
as may be approved of. This scheme is now under
consideration of the Master of the Rolls.
sanitary measures.
It will be seen by the lleport of the Medical Officer
of Health, and by the numerous notices calling upon
the inhabitants to abate the various nuisances brought
under the notice of the Vestry, and by the steps subsequently
taken in relation thereto, that the Vestry
have been fully alive to the necessities of the Parish, as
regards cleansing, ventilation, a proper water supply,
and sufficient water-closet accommodation, upon which
the health and comfort of all classes of the parishioners,
and more especially the working classes, so much
depend. With this view the Vestry have caused 95