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The Medical Officer of Health of the Administrative
County of London in his Annual Report for the year 1898,
states: "This was the fifth year during which Common
Lodging-Houses in the County of London have been
subjected to regulations by the Council; the number of
houses on the Register at the end of the year for all
London was 560, providing accommodation for 28,332
persons."
Sanitary Congress at Blackpool.
Mr. James Smith, member of your Board, your Clerk
and myself, attended the Congress of the Royal Institute of
Public Health, which was held at Blackpool from the 21st
to the 28th September last. There was a large attendance
of Delegates from all parts of the country.
The Patrons were the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Derby,
K.G., Lord Lieutenant of the County of Lancaster, and the
Rt. Hon. Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart., M.P., Secretary
of State for the Home Department. The Honorary
President was Alderman Heap, J.P., Mayor of Blackpool,
and the President of the Congress was the Most Honourable
the Marquis of Lorne, K.T., G.C.M.G., M.P.
The Vice-Presidents included the Lord Mayors of
Dublin, York, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester,
and Sheffield, and the Lord Provosts of Edinburgh and
Glasgow, and many of the Mayors of the principal towns.
The Presidential address was given by the Marquis of
Lorne, who afterwards opened the Health Exhibition at
Raikes Park.
Papers were read and discussed in the various sections
as follows: "The Causation and Prevention of Diarrhoea in
Children and Adults;" "The Responsibilities of Sanitary