Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sixth annual report year ended 31st March 1906
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(k) To prepare and submit to the Council plans for the
erection of any dwellings under Part III. of the Housing of the
Working Classes Act, 1890.
Special Purposes Committee.
47. The duties of this Committee shall be as follow:—
(a) To submit to the Council from time to time proposals for
the execution of any desirable street or other public improvements
in the borough;
(b) To consider such matters as are not specially assigned
to any other Standing Committee by these by-laws or by resolution
of the Council.
Confirmed at a meeting of the Council of the Metropolitan
Borough of Hammersmith, held on the 18th day of
December, 1901.
The Borough Council has also made the following
by-laws under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations
Act, 1882, the Local Government Act, 1888, and
the London Government Act, 1899:—
Noise from Organs connected with Shows, &c.
No person shall, in connection with any show, roundabout,
exhibition, or performance held or placed on any vacant ground
adjoining or near to a street, make or cause or permit or suffer to
be made, any loud or continuous noise by means of any organ or
other similar instrument to the annoyance or disturbance of
residents, and any person offending against this by-law shall, on
summary conviction, be liable for the first offence to a penalty not
exceeding forty shillings, and for every subsequent offence to a
penalty not exceeding £5.
Noisy Hawking.
No person shall, for the purpose of hawking, selling, or
advertising any goods, call or shout in any street, so as to cause
annoyance to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood. Any person
who shall offend against the foregoing by-law shall be liable, for
every such offence, to a fine not exceeding forty shillings.