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Driving middle class people out, by refusing renewal of lease
increases the difficulty of obtaining suitable vestrymen, Paget,
17,817.
The vestry could not have prevented owners from refusing
renewal of leases to respectable families, Paget, 17,818, 17,819.
Has been an inconsiderate use of large property in, Paget, 17,820.
Fear of adding to the burden of rebuilding has restrained the
vestry from undertaking new works, Paget, 17,821.
The jewellery and watch making trade of, has declined very
materially, Paget, 17,833, 17,834.
The decline in trade has depreciated wages and reduced the
number of people employed, Paget, 17,835.
Some trades and employments have left altogether, Paget, 17,835.
The vestry are not responsible for the decline in trade, Paqet,
17,836, 17,839.
The feeling in, is against excluding men from the vestry, because
they carry on a particular trade, Paget, 17,847.
Mr. Gillard, a publican, is a member of the vestry, and one of
the most respectable men in, Paget, 17,850, 17,855.
Mr. Gillard is very highly rated, Paget, 17,851.
Mr. Thurston, a publican, is a member of the vestry and a most
respectable man, Paget, 17,852, 17,855.
Mr. Thurston is rated above 300l. a year, Paget, 17,853.
Difficulty exists in getting sufficient people wholly disinterested
in local money making to become vestrymen, Paget, 17,862.
The difficulty in getting middle class people on the vestry might,
perhaps, be lessened, if Holborn, Bloomsbury, and, were
combined under one local authority, Paget, 17,863-17,867.
The sanitary inspectors keep a diary of each day's work, to lay
before the committee at their meetings, Paget, 17,871, 17,872.
The diary of the sanitary inspectors is not always laid before the
committee, they do not always insist upon seeing it, Paget,
17,872.
The diaries might possibly refute Lord Compton's statement as
to neglect of duty by the sanitary inspectors, Paget, 17,873,
17,874.
The vestry ask that the following documents may be appended
to the Commissioners' report.
1. Letters addressed on 20th March and 7th July to Sir
Charles Dilke, answered certain allegations.
2. Death-rate for each year from 1856 to 1883.
3. Rough proof of annual report tor 1883 of medical officer's
on sanitary condition of the parish, Paget, 17,877.