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Poplar 1911

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

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3. Supply of water to tenement houses under the
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1907.
4. Regulation of places where food is prepared for sale.
5. Action arising out of the Notification of Births Act.
6. Question of making measles a notifiable disease.
It would, of course, be understood that only members of the
Borough Council would vote on any motion which might be made.
If the Borough Council agree to take part in the conference
and appoint two representatives accordingly, I shall be obliged if
you will be so good as to inform me of the names and addresses of
the representatives appointed to attend the conference.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
G. GOMME,
Clerk of the Council.
Councillors A. H. Warren and A. James, Chairman and ViceChairman
respectively of the Committee, were appointed to represent the
Council at the conference, together with the Medical Officer of Health
and the Town Clerk.
The following resolutions were adopted by the Conference on Matters
Relating to Public Health at a meeting of the conference of representatives
of the Corporation of the City of London, the Metropolitan Asylums
Board, and the Metropolitan Borough Councils, held in the County Hall,
Spring Gardens, S.W., on Thursday, April 6th, 1911:—
Furnished Rooms.
None.
Houses Let in Lodgings.
That the efficient administration of Section 95 of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, relating to the registration and regulation
of houses let in lodgings is a matter of extreme importance
to the public health of London.