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Solicitors of the International Hygienic Society,
asking whether they were disposed to purchase the
Kiosk on Clerkenwell Green, as the society was winding
up its business. The subsequent negotiations
resulted in the Vestry purchasing the structure for
£50. A urinal had for many years previously
existed on the spot, and as the kiosk contained also
lavatory and water closet accommodation, the
Vestry deemed it more expedient to purchase it
than to compel its removal. It is satisfactory to
know that the extra accommodation involves no
cost to the rates, as the small payment made for
its use pays for the services of the attendant.
District Councils.—This long talked of alteration
in the municipal government of the Metropolis
has apparently made no progress since the Vestry's
last report. No Bill has been introduced into
Parliament with the object of creating District
Councils, and the only way in which the matter has
been brought under the consideration of the Vestry
has been by the receipt of schemes for the constitution
of such Councils suggested by the Vestries
of St. James, Westminster, and Islington.
The Vestry received from the Strand District
Board of Works copy petition they had presented
to the Local Government Board on the subject of
the degrees of indebtedness of the various District
Boards and Vestries of the Metropolis, praying that
in any Bill which may be brought into Parliament
altering the existing areas, due and adequate
provision may be made so that all loans outstanding
at the time of the passing of the Act may remain
hereafter charged upon the same local areas now
liable therefor; and asking the Vestry to take
similar action. The matter was one in which the
Parish of Clerkenwell had a deep interest as its debt
on loans is one of the smallest in the Metropolis,
and tho Vestry endorsed the views of the Strand