Annual report for the year ending 25th March 1897.

  • St. Giles (London, England). Board of Works.
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[1897]
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Credit: Annual report for the year ending 25th March 1897. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    14 Kemble Street, between Drury Lane and Stanhope Street, for the purpose of effecting a street widening. The Board were represented at the Enquiry which was held by order of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who ultimately made an order approving of the scheme subject to certain modifications. Owing to the late period at which the approval was signified it was impossible to obtain the necessary Parliamentary sanction, but steps are being taken to ensure this during the present Session of Parliament. London Sea Water Supply Bill. This Bill received the Royal assent on the 20th July, 1896, but no steps have yet been taken to carry out the powers conferred by it. Verminous Persons Bill. This measure, introduced into the House of Commons by a member of the Board, Walter Hazell, Esq., M.P., proposes to confer upon Local Authorities power to incur expense for the purpose of cleansing and disinfecting persons infected with vermin without in any way treating them as paupers. The Bill puts no compulsion on Local Authorities, but is of a permissive character. It is feared that there are a very large number of persons coming within the scope of the Act, and the Board, feeling that it would be an advantage to Society in general that such persons should be cleansed and disinfected free of charge, presented a Petition to the House of Commons in favour