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The Order being brought to the notice of the
Vestry was referred to the Public Health Committee
for consideration and report, who recommended that
authority be given to them to assist the Churchwardens
of St. John to carry it out; bat the recommendation,
after considerable discussion, was
negatived.
The matter was at this stage at the period when
this report closes.
The Unemployed.—The Vestry, in common with
many other local authorities of the Metropolis, have
been considering the question of the unemployed
during the year. In March, 1893, the Local
Government Board asked for particulars of the
various schemes of work which. in connexion with
distress arising from want of employment, have
been recently undertaken by local authorities in
different parts of the country. The Vestry replied
that such of their ordinary work as could be properly
carried on during the winter had been done,
but that they had found themselves unable to
undertake any special or exceptional work for the
purpose; and also that a labour registry had been
founded.
On the 14th September a deputation of the unemployed
attended the Vestry, requesting that the
Vestry would find work for persons out of employment;
that they would communicate with the
Government, asking for further powers of employment,
and also asking that sums of money might be
granted from the Imperial funds for the purpose of
relief works.
The deputation having retired, the Vestry passed
resolutions as follows:—"That the Vestry petition