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to them for repair of same, the Board, in June, 1885, instructed
Mr. Chas. Greenwood to take legal proceedings to compel the
execution of the necessary repairs. An action has been commenced
accordingly, but it is not expected to be tried until after the
long vacation.
In September last, this Board, at the suggestion of the Yestry
of St. Pancras, caused a Petition to be presented to the House of
Commons regarding the management of the Eastern (Homerton)
Hospital, which is under the control of the Metropolitan Asylums
Board, expressing an opinion that the evidence taken by the Local
Government Board Inspectors with reference to the expenditure,
&c. disclosed a lack of efficient control over the affairs of
the Hospital, a loose and careless mode of conducting the business
of the establishment, and an extravagant outlay of public moneys,
and praying for a searching enquiry by a Parliamentary Committee
or a lloyal Commission, not only into the management
and expenditure of the Hospital, but also into that of the other
establishments of the Asylums Board and into the affairs of that
Board generally.
Metropolitan
Asylums
Board.
In accordance with a suggestion made by the Westminster
Board of Works, and in view of the impending Sixth Triennial
Election of the School Board for London, this Board, in October
last, caused to be prepared, printed, and distributed amongst the
ratepayers a statistical statement showing the amount of accommodation
provided in the Schools of the School Board and in the
Yoluntary Schools in the St. Saviour's District, the cost thereof,
and other particulars; likewise calling the attention of the ratepayers
to the vast and constantly increasing expenditure of the
School Board, and urging upon them the importance of securing
the election of candidates of administrative ability who should be
pledged to carry out the provisions of the Elementary Education
Act with a due regard to economy. This Board also, at the
suggestion of the Westminster Board of Works, addressed a communication
to the Yice-President of the Council for Education,
urging the abolition or material modification of the cumulative
system of voting at School Board Elections.
School Board
Expenditure.
In January last, a Precept was received from Sir Thomas
Chambers, Knt., Q.C., the Returning Officer of the School Board for
School Board
Election
Expenses.