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Poplar 1929

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

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(10) The days and hours during which relatives and friends of
patients shall be allowed to visit the said wards shall be
such as are decided upon conjointly by the Medical Officer
of Health, the Medical Superintendent and the Consultant
Obstetrician, provided that no children shall be admitted to
the said wards as visitors.
(11) The garments to be supplied by the Guardians for the use
of patients in the said wards shall be of the best quality,
and such garments shall bear a distinguishing laundry mark.
(12) This Agreement shall commence on the 1st day of
September, 1929, and shall expire on the 31st day of March,
1930.
(13) In the event of any question arising as to the interpretation
or meaning of this Agreement or any part thereof, which
question the parties hereto are unable to settle, such question
or questions shall be referred to an independent person to
be agreed upon by the Council and the Guardians, or in
default of agreement to be nominated by the Minister of
Health, whose decision shall be final and binding upon each
of the said parties, and the expenses attending upon such
arbitration shall be paid by the party against whom the
decision is given Provided that the parties may share the
cost of such arbitration in such proportions as are mutually
agreed between them.
IN WITNESS whereof the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of
the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar and the Guardians of the Poor
of the Parish of Poplar Borough have hereto affixed their respective
Common Seals.
SEALED by order of the Mayor, Aldeimen
and Councillors of the Metropolitan
Borough of Poplar in the presence of
(Sgd.) C. W. KEY,
Mayor.
(Sgd.) H. E. DENNIS,
Town Clerk.