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"the floors of rooms shall be swept daily and washed weekly,''
(Clause 21), that "every window shall be cleaned," &c. (Clause 22), and
that " every receptable of refuse, &c., shall be cleansed every day"
(Clause 23), and that "every window shall be opened and be fully
open for one hour at least in the forenoon, and one hour at least in
the afternoon of every day " (Clause 34) were not such as the Vestry
could reasonably address to English householders.
I may also say that such Regulations as those suggested by the
Local Government Board were calculated to prejudice the minds of the
Vestry against the regulations in general, and undoubtedly materially
contributed to their non-adoption.
With regard to the amendment above referred to, proposing that the
Regulations should apply to tenement houses only, being rejected (the
mover and seconder alone voting for it), it will be noticed that this was
no more acceptable to the members of the Sanitary Committe than to
the other members of the Vestry.
I have the Honour to be, Sir,
Your Obedient Servant,
ROBERT PAGET,
Hugh Owen, Esq., Vestry Clerk.
Secretary, Local Government Board.
Sanitary Condition of Clerkenwell.—The representations
of Sir Charles Dilke, M.P., with reference to the bad
sanitary condition of the parish, referred to in the last
Report, continued to engage the attention of the Yestry
during the year.
On the 3rd May the following appeared in the Parliamentary
Report of the Times and other daily papers:—
On the 4th July, during the debate on the second reading
of the London Government Bill, Sir Charles Dilke, in his
speech, made the following remarks—"His honourable
" friend (Mr. Torrens) knew the constitution of the Clerken''well
Vstry, and the effect of his speech and vote might
"be to leave that Yestry as it was. His honourable friend
"knew that chairman after chairman of the Sanitary
"Committee had again and again reported in favour of
"sanitary reforms, and that their reports had been vetoed