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requested to take such measures as may he necessary to
stamp out tuberculosis from the cattle of this country, and
that such administration as may be necessary for the purpose
should be exercised by the Board of Agriculture.
"That the Local Government Board be urged to
require local sanitary authorities in this country to enforce
the Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops' Order, dealing with
cleanliness, ventilation, and good ordering of dairies, cowsheds,
and milkshops."
DRAINS.
In accordance with a resolution passed by the Vestry of
Islington and forwarded to the local authorities, the Board
expressed an opinion that persons about to construct, re-construct,
or alter drains in connection with buildings, should be
required to deposit plans with the sanitary authority for the
district concerned. It also approved the draft bill adopted at a
recent conference of metropolitan Vestries and District Boards
for amending the definition of the word "drain" in the Metropolis
Local Management Acts, and caused a letter to be written
to the London County Council urging it to secure the introduction
of the measure in the next Session of Parliament. Further,
it caused a letter to be written to Mr. Causton, M.P., asking
him to support the bill when introduced.
CHRISTCHURCH BURIAL GROUND,
In June, 1897, a letter was received from the Vestry of
Christchurch, forwarding copy of a resolution passed by them
inquiring whether, if the Christchurch Burial Ground and part
of the Churchyard of the Parish Church were laid out as a recreation
ground, the Board would maintain it as an open space, a
subsequent letter stating that the Metropolitan Public Gardens
Association had offered to bear the expense of laying it out as a
public garden provided they were assured by some competent
authority that it would be maintained as a public garden,
and pointing out that in the event of the Board acceding to the
request of the Vestry it would be necessary for an agreement to
be entered into between those having interests in the ground
and the Board, whereby they would agree to give the Board
control of the ground for the purpose contemplated, and that it
would then be necessary for the Board to join in a petition to
the Ordinary for a faculty enabling the ground to be laid out
and maintained in the manner suggested.