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Sub-section (1) is in the following terms:—
No person being a rag and bone dealer or a person who
collects or deals in old clothes or similar articles and no
person assisting or acting on behalf of any such person as
aforesaid shall—
(a) in or from any shop or premises used for or in
connection with the business of a rag and bone dealer
or the business of a dealer in old clothes or similar
articles: or
(b) while engaged in collecting any articles in the
course of any such business as aforesaid:
sell or deliver, whether gratuitously or not, any article of
food or drink to any person or any article whatsoever to a
person under the age of fifteen years.
Sub-section (2) imposes a fine of not exceeding £5 on
summary conviction.
The section is to be read and construed as one with the
Public Health (London) Act, 1936.
No reports of any contravention of this Section were received
during the year.
Annual Returns to Medical Practices Committee.
The London Executive Council established under the
National Health Service Act, 1946, has published its Report of
the Council for the year 1st April, 1951, to 31st March, 1952.
Included in the report under the heading of General Medical
Services are tables, which are appended, showing the distribution
of the population as between practitioners in the various
Metropolitan Boroughs.
The figures represent the information supplied to the Medical
Practices Committee for 31st December, 1950, and 31st
December, 1951, and relate only to the practitioners' London
patients. This must be borne in mind in particular where
London Boroughs, e.g., Hampstead, adjoin areas of other
Executive Councils.
To assist the Medical Practices Committee, the survey for
1951 was compiled in a different manner and the figures for 1951
are not, therefore, comparable with those for 1950.
These figures should not be regarded as indicating the
position with any exactitude. London, though divided administratively
into the City and the Metropolitan Boroughs is, in fact,
one large County with very few well defined barriers other than
the River Thames. On the other hand, a railway line or canal
may form an artificial barrier which will induce patients to