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destruction. The meat was then destroyed in the
Council's destructor.
The matter was reported to your Public Health
Committee, who gave instructions for proceedings to be
taken against the Contractors, Messrs. J. Lyons & Co.,
Ltd. (Result of proceedings will be reported in my
Annual Report for 1915.)
SANITARY NOTICES AND ADMINISTRATION.
In February the Local Government Board under
the powers conferred upon them, issued a General
Order whereby the disease known as Ophthalmia
Neonatorum was made a notifiable disease, and made
the following Regulations, which came into force on
the 1st day of April, 1914.
PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND.
Prevention of Epidemic, Endemic and Infectious
Diseases.
The Public Health (Ophthalmia Neonatorum) Regulations, 1914.
Dated February 5th, 1914.
60,088.
To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of
London, in Common Council assembled;—
To the Councils of the several Metropolitan Boroughs,
Municipal Boroughs, and other Urban Districts-in
England and Wales; —
To the Councils of the several Rural Districts in
England and Wales;—
To all Medical Practitioners;—
To all Certified Midwives;—
And to all others whom it may concern.
Whereas We, the Local Government Board, are empowered
by section 130 of the Public Health Act, 1875, as amended by
the Public Health Act, 1896, from time to time, to make, alter,
and revoke Regulations with a view to the treatment of persons
affected with any endemic or infectious disease and for preventing
the spread of the disease; and to provide for the
enforcement and execution of the Regulations;