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extended to places of the kind, the Board passed a resolution
concurring with the views on the subject of the body referred to.
CAB STAND.
The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, in
November last, notwithstanding objections offered thereto on
the part of the Board, issued an Order for a Standing for two
Hackney Carriages in Borough High Street—one at either
end of the rest—opposite the premises of the London & Westminster
Bank in that thoroughfare.
WATER SUPPLY.
The Board, in January, 1896, caused a letter to be
addressed to the Local Government Board in support of a
resolution passed by the Vestry of St. George-the-Martyr,
urging the necessity for legislation to prevent the Water
Companies increasing their charges for water which are based
on annual value in proportion to the valuation lists then
recently deposited without having to supply any additional
water.
METROPOLITAN ASYLUMS BOARD.
The Board, in the same month, on the invitation of the
Vestry of St. Marylebonc, appointed as delegates on its behalf,
Mr. G. J. Newton and the Rev. W. Jellie, B.A., to attend a
conference to consider the insufficiency of the accommodation
provided for the infectious sick. The conference took place on
the 3rd December, at the Court House, Marylebone Lane, and
the following resolutions were passed:—
1. "That a communication be addressed to the Metropolitan
Asylums Board, strongly urging that Board to take
steps to immediately open the vacant beds of the Gore
Farm Hospital, at Darenth, for the purpose of providing the
temporary accommodation required by the London Local
Authorities for the cases of scarlet fever urgently requiring
removal from the crowded families and houses in which
they are spreading the disease.
2. "That, in the opinion of this Conference, the
Authorities making a rate to raise the funds for the requirements
of the Metropolitan Asylums Board should be
entitled to be directly and adequately represented upon
that Board.
3. "That the President of the Local Government Board
be asked to receive a deputation in support of the foregoing
resolutions.