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ABSTRACT OF ACCOUNTS
of the
Sabiour's District Board of Works.
For the Twelve Months ending 25th March, 1867,
and
REPORTS
of the
CLERK, MEDICAL OFFICER, AND SURVEYOR
OF THE BOARD;
??piled and Published in accordance with the 198th section of
& 19 Vict. 120.- "An Act for the better Local Management
the Metropolis," and respectfully presented to the Inhabitants of
the District.
CLERK'S REPORT.
Of the preventive and remedial measures taken during last summer,
d in the later period when Cholera and Diarrhoea were fatally
???valent in London, a detailed account is presented in the Medical
???cer's Report hereto annexed. It is only necessary to add that,
???e Sanitary Committee, from the earliest period of the existence of
???e Epidemic in London, and before its appearance in the Southern
Districts, held frequent meetings on the subject, and that no amount
??? labor and reasonable expense was spared in the prosecution of
???nitary Works and distribution of Disinfectants. The total amount
expenditure by the Board from the putting in force of the
Diseases Prevention Act," consequent on the appearance of the
???pidemic, to the present time, including Salaries to Assistant
Medical Officers and every incidental outlay, has been the sum of
545 13s. 1d.
By the 35th section of Sanitary Act of 1866, power is given to
the Board (with certain restrictions), to make regulations for fixing