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(3) That the remains be forthwith re-interred in the London
Necropolis Company's Cemetery at Brookwood, Surrey,
under the supervision and to the satisfaction of the Medical
Officer of Health for the Borough of Southwark.
The removal of the 112 coffins, together with a number of boxes of
loose human remains, was carried out by the London Necropolis Co. to
their cemetery at Brookwood on the 6th and 7th of January, and at the
expense of the London Congregational Union, who are Lessees of the
Chapel and Burial Ground from the City of London.
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT, 1907.
The Council at a meeting held on November 27th, 1907, unanimously
resolved to adopt the Notification of Births Act, 1907, in the
area of the Borough. It was further resolved that a copy of the
foregoing resolution be forwarded to the Local Government Board, and
that they be requested to give their consent thereto, as from the 1st
January, 1908.
In the early part of March the Local Government Board notified
their assent to the Act coming into force on March 16th, when the
following notice was posted up and widely distributed throughout the
Borough :—
BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK.
Publtc Health Department,
Town Hall,
Walworth Road, S.E.,
12th March, 1908.
Dear Sir (or Madam),
Notification of Births Act, 1907.
The Council of the Borough of Southwark have, by resolution,
adopted in their area the above Act, which has for its object the
early notification of births to Medical Officers of Health, and the
Local Government Board have assented to such adoption taking
effect as from 16th March, 1908.