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Poplar 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Power to Council and Corporation to make Bye-laws with
Respect to Certain Businesses.
9. (1) The Council may make bye-laws for regulating the conduot
within the county (elsewhere than within the City of London and so
much of the Port of London as established for the purposes of the laws
relating to the customs of the United Kingdom as is within the county)
of the businesses of a vendor of fried fish, a fish curer and a rag and bone
dealer or any of them, and with respect to the premises in or upon which
any such business is carried on, and the apparatus, utensils and appliances
used for the purposes of or in connection with any such business.
HAIR-DRESSERS' PREMISES.
The hair-dressers' premises were inspected during the year.
MILKSHOPS.
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order.
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908. Power
to Sanitary Authorities to remove from or refuse to
enter on Register Names of Dairymen in certain circumstances.
London County Council (General Powers) Bill,
1909. Proposed Powers to London County Council and
Sanitary Authorities to take Samples of Milk on
delivery' and penalties if mllk unwholesome.
At the end of the year n there were in the Borough 359 registered
premises (including 15 cow-houses, 3 Poplar, 5 Bromley and 7 Bow)
where milk is sold, 113 Poplar, 147 Bromley and 99 Bow. These milkshops
were kept under observation (see Inspectors' reports, pages 196,
201, 207, 214, 222, 229 and 239.
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