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and Mr. W. Carter. In January, the Board, on the recommendation
of the Special Committee, passed a resolution expressing
satisfaction with the houses which, under the auspices of the
Ecclesiastical Commissioners, had been erected in Orange Street
and other parts of the district, and urging upon the Commissioners
the desirability of suitable dwellings for the working
classes being erected on unoccupied land in Union Street, and
in the immediate neighbourhood of the buildings referred to.
A copy of the resolution was forwarded to the Commissioners,
who, in acknowledgment and reply, wrote promising to give the
matter their attention. In July last, on the motion of Mr.
Newton, the Special Committee was discharged, and a fresh
Committee, consisting of Messrs. Coles, Collard, Hill, and the
mover and seconder (Messrs. Newton and Fry) formed.
WORKMEN'S WAGES.
The question of the amount of wages paid to workmen in
the employ of the Board was raised by Mr. Passmore, in
November last, calling the attention of the Board thereto, and
was referred to the Paving and General Purposes Committee for
consideration. On their recommendation, it was resolved that
in future the minimum wages paid by the Board, should be the
same as those which were then paid by the London County
Council for a similar class of labour.
BYE-LAWS.
The Board, as the Sanitary Authority for the District, is by
various Sections of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
required to make bye-laws with respect to houses let in lodgings
or occupied by members of more than one family, the prevention
of nuisances, the cleansing of cisterns and the keeping of waterclosets
supplied with sufficient water for their effective action.
Adopting certain model forms supplied by the Local Government
Board, the Board, in February last, affixed its common seal to
bye-laws accordingly, and the same were afterwards approved by
the Local Government Board. A copy of such bye-laws is
annexed hereto, and forms Appendix "B." The London County
Council has also made bye-laws under the same Act, dealing
with the removal of offensive or noxious matter, the closing and
filling up of cesspools and privies, the removal and disposal of
refuse and other matters. The duty of observing and enforcing
these several bye-laws is cast upon the Sanitary authorities.
FIRE HYDRANTS.
In November last, the London County Council invited the
Board to appoint representatives to attend a Conference of local
authorities to discuss the propriety of making arrangements for