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Stoke Newington 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]

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Section 60—Cleansing and disinfecting of premises, etc.
„ 61—Disinfection of bedding, etc.
,, 62—Infectious rubbish thrown into ash-pits, etc., to be
disinfected.
„ 63—Penalty on letting houses in which infected persons
have been lodging.
,, 64—Penalty on persons letting houses making false
statements as to infectious disease.
,, 65—Penalty on ceasing to occupy house without disinfection,
or notice to owner, or making false
answer.
"That it is desirable, in order to limit the spread of Tuberculosis,
that, provision should be made for public inspection and
control, at its several sources, of the milk supply of England;
and to ask the Loral Government Board to take steps to secure
the efficient administration of the Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops
Order, 1885, and Orders amending the same."
"That application be made to the Local Government Board
for an Order to be made to extend the provisions of Section 69
of the Public Health (London) Act to Pulmonary Tuberculosis,
in so far as it relates to the milking of cows and to the sale
and distribution of milk."
"That the provision conferred by Section 7 (1) of the Factory
and Workshop Act, 1901, namely, that in every room in any
factory or workshop sufficient means of ventilation shall be
provided, and sufficient ventilation maintained, be rigidly enforced,
and a similar provision extended to all places where
people are assembled together for any lengthened period, with
a view to restricting the spread of pulmonary tuberculosis."