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tenants of the piece of ground (subject to six
months' notice on either side) on the terms of the
Agreement which expired at Lady-day last. The
Vestry consented to the proposal, and the Agreement
was endorsed accordingly.
Urinal Accommodation—Kiosks.—The Vestry
have had before them from time to time a letter
from the International Hygienic Society, calling
attention to the present lack of proper accommodation
and retirement in London for residents as well
as visitors, and peculiarly women and children;
which want the Society proposes to remedy. The
letter stated that in order to more efficiently realise
its end, the Society is fully prepared to take upon
itself:
(1.) The erection and maintenance of urinals, closets, and
retiring places, above-ground and under-ground, both for
men and women, of the very latest approved construction and
artistic appearance.
(2.) The substitution of such structures for those now obsolete,
worn-out, and otherwise objectionable.
(3.) The addition to those deficient of the requisite improvements.
and is prepared to execute the above works,
under adequate guarantee, and after accepted
plans, and maintain them at its sole charge, and
on such sites as the Vestry shall grant to it as most
suitable for the purpose.
The Society asked for the permission of the
Vestry to erect one of its Kiosks on Clerkenwell
Green, in front of the Sessions House, as an
experiment.
It produced designs of the erections in other
parts of London, by which it appears that within
the building there is a free urinal of six stalls,
a small charge being made for the use of the closet
or lavatory. No advertisements are to be displayed
outside the Kiosks, and the Vestry is to be at
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