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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hampstead 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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| Date of Hearing.1938. | Nature of Offence. | Result of Hearing. |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd Dec. | Selling bread and mixture of margarine and butter. | Dismissed under tde Probation of Offenders Act on payment of £1 costs. |
| 2nd Dec. | Contravention of Dog Nuisance Byelaw. | Fined 5s. |
| 2nd Dec. | Nuisance. | Order made to abate in 21 days and pay £1 1s. costs. |
| 21st Dec. | Selling sugar containing tin. | F'ined £2 and £24 costs. |
| 30td Dec. | (i) Failure to register margarine factory. (ii) Selling margarine in a plain wrapper. (iii) Selling margarine containing more tdan 10 per cent. of fat derived from milk. | (i) Dismissed. (ii) Dismissed under tde Probation of Offenders Act on payment of 10s. 6d. costs. (iii) Do. do. £l 1s. costs. |
Proposed Public Convenience at Kilburn High Road.
The Willesden Borough Council communicated with the Hampstead
Borough Council early in the year with reference to a proposal
to erect a new public convenience for both sexes at the junction of
Brondesbury Villas and Kilburn High Road, and asked whether the
Hampstead Council would be prepared to co-operate with them and
pay one half of the cost of the construction and future maintenance
of the proposed convenience. The pressing need for a convenience in
that district had been appreciated for a long time and although a close
inspection had been made, it was impossible to find any site in Hampstead
suitable for the purpose. The proposal of the Willesden
Borough Council offered a convenient opportunity for the Hampstead
Council to ensure that proper lavatory accommodation in that portion
of Kilburn High Road was provided.
The Council at its meeting on the 24th February, 1938, resolved
to co-operate with the Willesden Council for the construction of the
convenience.
The proposed new convenience will provide ten stalls, three W.C.'s
and washing facilities for men, and six W.C.'s for women.
Provision of Sanitary Conveniences in Public Houses.
During the year consideration was given by the Public Health
Committee to a Minute of the Metropolitan Boroughs' Standing Joint
Committee with reference to the provision of sanitary conveniences in