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THE PROPOSED MORTUARY.
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No definite step has been taken towards the providing of a
Mortuary, but negociations are in progress with the North London
Railway Company which it is expected will result in placing a convenient
site at the disposal of the Vestry, upon which a building with
all requisites can be erected.
THE TOWN HALL.
During the year the large hall has been let 146 times, and the
Council Chamber 27 times. The Committee Rooms have been
frequently used by the Local Committee of the London School Board,
the Parochial Schools Committee, the Poor Rate League, and the
Shoreditch Ratepayers' Association.
The receipts from letting were £698 5s. 0d., the amount paid for
cleaning after lettings £84 15s. 0d., the cost of Gras for the year, including
consumption in Office, Vestry meetings, &c. was £155 7s. 0d.,
Insurance and Water Rate window cleaning and repairs amounted to
about £50.
DISORDERLY HOUSES.
Since the proceedings to which I alluded in my last report, when
in June, 1871, convictions were obtained against six persons, two of
whom were sentenced to twelve months hard labour, and a fine of £50;
three from the Vinegar Ground to four months hard labour each, and
one from Nancy Street was required to find bail to come up for judgment
when required, no other proceedings have been taken. The result of
those proceedings was to reduce the number of Brothels in the N Division
of Police from about 70 to about 20, but some of those who left through
fear of prosecution have returned, and complaints have been made by
the inhabitants. In consequence peremptory notices have been served
on all the keepers to immediately close the houses and quit the parish,
or warrants will be forthwith obtained. I have reason to believe that
those notices have had the desired effect: all who fail to obey them will
be prosecuted without further warning.