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STREET CLOAK-ROOM ACCOMMODATION.
In April, 1891, a communication was received from the Ladies'
Sanitary Association, of 22, Berners Street, inquiring whether the
provision of Cloak-Room Accommodation in the streets was contemplated
in this Parish, and calling attention to the grave suffering
caused to women and children through the lack of such sanitary
accommodation. The Vestry deemed the subject of sufficient importance
to refer this communication to the Works Committee for consideration
and report, but no practical decision had been arrived at at
the close of the year with which this report deals.
ART GALLERIES.
In May, 1891, a communication was received from the Vestry of
Clerkenwell calling attention to the recent gifts of pictures and money
to the Government for the establishment of a Gallery of British Art
and to the proposal that the site of such Gallery should be at South
Kensington, and intimating that that Vestry had decided to petition
Parliament in favour of the selection of a position more central and
accessible.
Having regard to the faot that no such Gallery exists in the
northern part of the metropolis the Vestry resolved to present a
petition to Her Majesty's Government in support of a Gallery being
established in North London, and requested the Member for the Borough
to support the proposal. A communication was subsequently received
from Sir Albert Rollit, M.P., enclosing a letter from Mr. Plunket stating
that the selection of a site for the new British Art Gallery to a great
extent would depend upon the views of the anonymous donor, who had
offered to erect the building at his own expense as well as to contribute
a very valuable collection of pictures. Mr. Plunket also intimated that
he would bring the Vestry's suggestion under the notice of the proper
authorities.
POLLING DISTRICTS.
During the year the number of Polling Districts for Parliamentary
and County Council Elections was increased in three of the Divisions of
the Borough, those in the North Division from three to eight, those in
the East from three to seven, and those in the West from three to five,
the Districts in the South Division remaining the same as heretofore,
viz.:—three.