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SAINT LEONARD, SHOREDITCH.
Vestry Offices, 37, Hoxton Square,
November, 1860.
REPORT
Of the Committee appointed to put in force the regulations contained in
the Order of Council, of the 21st July, 1860, with full power to adopt
such measures as they may think fit, or as the Medical Officer may advise
for the preservation of the health of the inhabitants, and for the treatment
of Cholera and Diarrhoea patients.
An Order of the Privy Council was passed on the 21st July, 1866,
stating that the "Diseases Prevention Act, 1855," and the amending
Act, 23rd and 24th Vic., cap. 77, should from and after the date of such
order, be put in force within the whole and every part of England.
The Lords of the Privy Council also issued certain directions and
regulations to be in force within the Metropolis so long as the provisions
aforesaid should be in force under the said order.
In consequence of such order, a special Meeting of the Vestry was
held on the 31st day of July, 1866, when the above order was considered