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London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1927.
Sale of Food by Street Traders.
By the 1st November, 1927, stall holders had to be licensed by the
Borough Councils. An exception is made in the case of those who
ordinarily move from place to place in pursuit of, and while conducting
their trade. Those applying for licences must state the nature of the
articles they propose to sell or expose or offer for sale and the place
where such articles will be stored before being exposed for sale. Any
such licence issued shall be in a form prescribed by the Secretary of
State, and may prescribe the class or classes of articles or filings
which may be sold, or exposed or offered for sale under such licence,
provided that no article of food shall be classed with any other commodity.
Section 36 requires Borough Councils to make bye-laws
relating to various matters including the deposit and removal of refuse,
the storage and the sanitary supervision of articles intended to be sold
or exposed or offered for sale, etc., etc.
Infectious Disease.
Public Health (Pneumonia, Malaria, Dysentery)
Regulations, 1919.
On January 1st, 1928 these Regulations were superseded by the
Infectious Diseases (London) Regulations 1927, dated 22nd December,
1927. Trench Fever is no longer notifiable and cases of Malaria
induced in institutions for therapeutic purposes need not be notified
unless for special reasons.
Influenza.
In January, 1927 some alarm was created by articles in the press on
this subject. I had kept in touch with the general medical practitioners
and they informed me that in addition to attending numerous simple
catarrhs, they had a goodly number of cases of Influenza. The point,
however, is that there was no justification for any belief that the cases
resembled the so-called Influenza which caused such havoc in 1919
and 1922. The Ministry of Health in Circular 761 stated that the
1919 Memorandum on Influenza had been revised.
While there was no cause for serious anxiety, it was advisable to
consider what facilities could be provided for helping people in need of
such as nursing and prescription filling assistance. Sir George Newman
advised the organisation of the available nursing services and the