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out of certain diseases it was always equalised by the appearance of some other mortal
malady. His dealings with some of the slums of Islington were, however, in the best
sense of the word, emphatic. He refused from the first to tolerate the idea that a
rookery could ever be made tolerable by patching, and one of his first raids was upon
the old High-street slums, that finally disappeared under the sweeping conditions of
Cross's Act.
Dr. Wynn Westcott, who had recently resigned his position as a
member of the Vestry, was appointed to temporarily discharge the
duties of the office thus rendered vacant, the consideration of the
permanent appointment being for the time deferred.
The following Vestry men resigned their seats during the year:—
Mr. Geo. Adams Ward 1, Upper Holloway.
Mr. G. H. Judd „ ,, ,,
Mr. J. R. Priestley ,, ,, „
Dr. Wm. Wynn Westcott Ward 2, Lower Holloway.
Mr. Abraham Jones Ward 5, Barnsbury.
Mr. E. B. Camps Ward 8, St. Peters.
Mr. P. J. Doherty ,, „
Mr. Thos. Gladman „ „
Mr. Geo. Kayes „ ,,
Mr. Fredk. Whetstone ,, „
In October, 1891, the Trustees of the Cloudesley Charity Estate
appointed Mr. Brinsley Harper, of 4, Beresford Terrace, Highbury,
Solicitor, their Clerk in the place of Mr. Oldershaw, deceased.
In December, 1891, the Sanitary Committee, together with some
additional Members from the General Purposes and Works Committee,
was constituted a Public Health Committee, for the purpose of administering
more effectually the provisions of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891; and in the following January the Sanitary Committee
was dissolved, and its duties and powers transferred to the recently
constituted Public Health Committee, which was at the same time
constituted a Committee for the purposes of the Housing of the Working
Classes Act.