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St Pancras 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]

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(2) As regards BakEhouses (other than such as are underground) where
Work is carried on at Night by Artificial Light other
than Electric Light by substituting in respect of the period
between 9 in the evening and 6 in the succeeding morning "four
hundred cubic feet of space to every person" for "two hundred and
fifty cubic feet of space to every person."
This Order shall come into force on the 1st day of January, 1904.
A. Akers Douglas,
One of His Majesties Principal Secretaries of State.
Home Office, Whitehall,
30th December, 1903.
(Statutory Rules and Orders, 1903, No. 1157).
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Sections 56 and 58.
Measles.
On the 20th January, 1903, in accordance with Sections 56 and 58, the
following order was resolved upon:—
The London County Council do hereby resolve and order that Sections 60,
61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73 and 74 of the Public Health (London) Act,
1891, with respect to dangerous infectious diseases, shall apply to the
Administrative County of London from and including 1st April, 1903, to the
disease known as Measles. This order was duly approved by the Local
Government Board, and came into force on the 1st April, 1903. Measles is
now a dangerous infectious disease for all purposes, except notification and
isolation.
§4-BY-LAWS.
BY-LAWS FOR THE GOOD RULE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE
COUNTY OF LONDON.
By-laws made by the London County Council in pursuance of the provisions
of Section 23 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, and Section 16 of
the Local Government Act, 1888, at a Meeting of the Council hold on the
12th day of May, 1903, at which not less than two-thirds of the whole number
of the Council were present.
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Spitting.
No person shall spit on the floor, side, or wall of any public carriage, or of
any public hall, public waiting room, or place of public entertainment, whether
admission thereto be obtained upon payment or not.
Any person who shall offend against this by-law shall be liable for each
offence to a fine not exceeding forty shillings.
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