London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Deptford 1911

Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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PLACES WHERE FOOD IS PREPARED AND
EXPOSED FOR SALE.
(a) That it is desirable that regulations should be made to
limit the pollution resulting from exposure in an improper
manner in public places or adjacent to the public way of food
and food receptacles.
(b) That it is desirable that all places where food is prepared
for sale should be regulated by bylaws made by the
London County Council and administered by the Sanitary
Authorities, and should be subject to annual licensing by the
Sanitary Authority.
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT, 1907.
That in view of the adoption of the Notification of Births
Act, 1907, throughout London, and the provisions of the recent
Orders of the Local Government Board with regard to the
compulsory notification of consumption, the appointment of one
or more women health visitors or women sanitary inspectors in
each metropolitan borough is eminently desirable.
CHAPELS OF REST.
That it is desirable that chapels of rest, apart from
mortuaries for bodies awaiting inquest, should be established by
Sanitary Authorities. That all private mortuaries should be
registered and regulated.