The rival powers of Bethnal Green are both in trouble.
Mr. Villiers has written to the Guardians asking for specific charges against Dr Moore, whom they tried to dismiss, and for explana- tions of alleged inhumanity on the part of their relieving officer. Sir George Grey, on the other hand, has forwarded the medical reports of Dr. Pearce to the Vestry, and asked what measures have been taken for giving effect to his recommendations. In neither ` case are the officials likely to produce much effect, as " expla- nations" are always procurable ; but the evidence is accumu- lating, juries are getting irritated, and if the matter can once be brought fairly into the law courts, the House of Commons may be induced to move. A bill making the inspectors of nuisances and medical officers responsible to the Ministers alone would not be hard to pass, and the exposures then certain would speedily shock iipt
the nation ' a highhanded reform. Meanwhile, the juries should reme hat when landlords are proved at inquests to
have broken i e4aw, verdicts may be recorded against them.
