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NUISANCE BY DOGS.
"No person being in charge of a dog in any street or public place
and having the dog on a lead shall allow or permit such dog to
deposit its excrement on the public footway.
Any person offending against this byelaw shall be liable to a
penalty not exceeding forty shillings."
A similar byelaw has been adopted by several of the metropolitan
boroughs. In all cases the byelaw was allowed by the Home Office
as an experimental measure for a period of two years, unless a byelaw
is made confirming and continuing its provisions before the expiration
of that period. This byelaw has proved of considerable assistance in
preventing serious nuisance and a confirming byelaw (approved by the
Home Office) has now been made to continue and enforce its provisions.
In addition, the assistance of the Metropolitan Police in reporting cases
of breach of the byelaw has been authorised.
HOSPITAL SERVICES.
The Borough is singularly well provided with facilities for hospital
treatment, both general and special. In addition, several important
general and special hospitals are situated in the immediate neighbourhood
Over 80 per cent, of the inhabitants suffering from serious illness or
disease seek and obtain in-patient hospital accommodation.
In the case of all patients suffering from notifiable infectious disease,
it is the practice of the Department to advocate admission to an appropriate
hospital for isolation and treatment.
The following Hospitals and Institutions are located within the Borough.
None of these are controlled or supported wholly or in part by the Borough
Council.
Brompton Hospital for Consumption.
Cancer Hospital.
Chelsea Hospital for Women.
Cheyne Hospital for Children.
Freemasons' Hospital.
Royal Hospital for Pensioners.
St. George's Home for Tuberculosis.
St. Luke's Hospital and Institution.
St. Stephen's Hospital and Institution.
Victoria Hospital for Children.
The following table No. 24 shows, in the form required by the Ministry
of Health, particulars of the hospitals, public and voluntary, within and
without the Borough, which are utilised by inhabitants of the Borough.