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"domestic purposes,"and that consequently it was not within
the magistrate's jurisdiction to determine the rate of pay.
inent as suggested. Being thus at the entire dictation of
the company, the Committee incurred an expense, estimated
at £30, in fixing automatic flushing apparatus to the
urinals in Grosvenor Road, Horseferry Road, Little George
Street, York Street and Charles Street, Knightsbridge,
with a view to lessen the consumption of water, for
economical rather than sanitary reasons.
The London County Council issued a circular letter in
May to the local authorities calling attention to the deficiency
of chalet accommodation for men and women
throughout London, and to the serious physical injury
traceable, on medical authority, to the want of such accommodation.
No allusion was made to the difficulty, frequently
insurmountable, of obtaining sites for such structures without
exciting opposition and litigation ; but in order that
the question might be thoroughly looked into, it was remitted
to the Sanitary Committee. The reference was subsequently
transferred to the Joint Works and Sanitary
Committee, in whose hands it remained at the close of the
year.
Analysis of
Food & Drags,