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Transfer of Powers (London) Order, 1933.
Certain functions of the London County Council
were transferred to the Common Council of the
Corporation of the City of London and Metropolitan
Borough Councils as from 1st April, 1933, by
the above-mentioned Order, made by the Minister
of Health under Section 64 of the Local Government
Act, 1929.
Of the functions included in the Order, the
following are administered by the Borough Council
through the Public Health Committee and the
Public Health Department:—
Common Lodging Houses.
Seamen's Lodging Houses.
Slaughter-houses and Knackers' Yards.
Offensive Businesses.
There are two common lodging houses and two
slaughter-houses in Fulham, but no knackers'
yards and no "offensive businesses" in the Borough.
The Borough Council made Rules and Regulations
relating to the above matters during 1933, which
replaced, as far as Fulham is concerned, the
Rules and Regulations previously made by the
Public Health Committee of the London County
Council. The rules deal with applications for
licences, objections to licences and procedure, (see
the section of this report on slaughter-houses and
common lodging houses).
The Order also transferred the duties of Infant
Life Protection to the Borough Council, and this
work is discussed in the section of the annual
report relating to maternity and child welfare.