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Vestry in urging upon the Local Government
Board the necessity of instituting legislation for the
purpose of providing for the registration of the
vendors of these creams, and for empowering the
Board to make bye-laws for tho regulation of the
trade. The Vestry concurred, and communicated
with the Local Government Board accordingly.
The Local Government Hoard replied that the
matter would be considered when an opportunity
for amending the law occurred.
The Vestry also thought it would be desirable to
have a similar enquiry in this parish, and they
directed that three samples of water used in the
washing of ice cream glasses be taken and bacterioscopically
examined at some lime in the season
to be selected by the Medical Officer of Health and
tho Analyst.
Coffins in St. John's Crypt.—The removal of
the bodies from the Crypt of St. John's Church,
referred to in the la3t annual report, occupied a
considerable part of the Vestry's discussions during
the year. In the Poor Hate estimates in April,
1894, a sum of £700 was included in respect of the
expenses of such removal, but the Vestry made a
Poor rate of one half-penny less than the required
amount, representing such sum of Jt700. Upon a
payment of j£;j00 to the Churchwardens of St.
John's on account by the Guardians or Governors
of the Poor, the Vestry passed the following resolution
:—
"That this Vestry—tho popularly-elected representatives
of tho ratepayers of this Parish—hereby
express their strong disapprobation of the action by
the Board of Guardians or Governors of the Poor
in voting £300 on account for the purpose of removing
human remains from the crypt of St.