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such cases is now done by workmen in the employ of the
Vestry, under the superintendence of the inspectors
One thousand six hundred and nine Notices were
issued, under the orders of the Committee, for the remedy
of sanitary defects of various kinds The large majority of
these were complied with; in some few cases the medical
officer of health and the surveyor represented the condition
of the dwellings to be incapable of improvement, in consequence
of which the Committee directed the solicitor to
take proceedings before the magistrate to enforce the
closing of the houses against human habitation
In directing the action of the inspectors under the
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, the Committee caused 69
samples to be purchased and analysed An abstract of
these cases is given under the head of " Sanitary Measures"
THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE
The Chairmanship of this Committee was conferred upon
Mr J B Batten, and the Vice-Chairmanship upon Mr T
Horn Seven sittings were held for the consideration of
schemes more or less directly affecting the parish, as also
for the examination of the undermentioned Bills, twentysix
in number, before Parliament:—
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Coal Duties (London) Abolition
Electric Lighting (Provisional Orders Confirmation)
Factory and Workshops' Act, 1878, Amendment
Infectious Diseases Notification
Infectious Diseases Prevention
Kensington and Paddington (Subway) Railway,
London Central Subway
London County Council (General Powers)
London County Council (Theatres and Music Halls)
London and Paddington (Subway) Railway
London Streets (Removal of Gates)