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After some negotiation between the North London and Great Eastern
Companies, and between these Companies and the City Commissioners
of Sewers and the Improvement Committee of this Vestry, the matter
was settled by the Company conceding to the City a continuation of the
said theroughfare from Sun Street to Skinner Street, and by surrendering
to this Parish a small plot of ground in Skinner Street, which had been
the cause of a considerable nuisance, and foregoing the claim for payment
for the piece of ground in Worship Street which the Company was
bound to sell to the Parish, the estimated value of which, was £2500
The Metropolitan Board had agreed to bear the cost of this improvement,
hence the saving will be to the Metropolis in general and not to
the Parish in particular.
THE PROPOSED MORTUARY.
The Vestry has decided against erecting a Mortuary on the ground
in rear of the Town Hall. The whole question is at present in abeyance,
but there are some prospects of an arrangement being made by which
such a provision may be made in the Parish Church Yard.
DISORDERLY HOUSES.
Five persons were prosecuted upon information by parishioners for
keeping disorderly houses. Three females and two males; all pleaded
guilty. Three were ordered to find bail to oome up for judgment when
called upon, and two (females) were sentenced to six months' hard
labour, the cases being bad ones, and the disreputable practises being
carried on during the time the offenders were under remand.
ADULTERATION OF FOOD ACT.
Dr. Stevenson, Professor of Chemistry at Guy's Hospital, has been
appointed the analyst for this Parish, for one year, at a salary of £50,
with 10s. for each analysis; and the appointment has been approved by
the Local Government Board. The Vestry has fixed 2s. 6d. as the fee
to be paid by purchasers of articles on submitting the same for examination.
During the year ensuing the 24th of June, sixty-one samples were
submitted for examination. Of these, twenty were submitted by private
purchasers, including five by the officers of the workhouse.