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appointed by the Vestry have held 32 meetings during
the year.
Parliamentary Measures.
METROPOLITAN STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
A Bill for enabling the Metropolitan Board of
Works to make certain New Streets and Street Improvements
within the Metropolis was introduced into
the House of Commons during the present Session.
Inasmuch as the Bill proposed to remove or interfere
with the steps and portico of St. Martin's Church, it
was determined that, on the part of the parishioners,
every means should be used to oppose that portion of
the Bill. The Metropolitan Board of Works having
been in vain appealed to to relinquish the Clause in
question, the House of Commons was moved by Sir
Charles Russell, Bart., M.P. for Westminster, to reject
the Bill on its second reading, the result of which was
an undertaking by the Chairman of the Metropolitan
Board of Works that the Bill should omit the objectionable
Clause, and the Bill was amended accordingly.
Sanitary Measures.
The Medical Officer's Report is attached, showing
the sanitary state of the parish, and the steps taken to
improve it during the past year.
In connection therewith the Vestry have caused