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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Names, addresses, and districts of the Council's Veterinary Inspectors.
| Telephone Numbers. | Name. | District. |
|---|---|---|
| Kensington 2782 | Mr. W. Hunting, Chief Inspector, 16, Trafalgar Square, Chelsea, S.W. | The City of Westminster, the Royal Borough of Kensington, and the Metropolitan Boroughs of Paddington, Chelsea, Hammersmith, Fulham, Wandsworth and Battersea. |
| Brixton 797 | Mr. C. J. Humphrey, Inspector, 30, Stockwell Road, Clapham, S.W. | The Metropolitan Boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark, Camberwell, Bermondsey, Deptford. Lewisham, Greenwich and Woolwich. |
| Northern 2489 | Mr. W. F. Shaw, Inspector, 443, Liverpool Road, Highbury, N. | The Metropolitan Boroughs of Hampstead, St. Marylebone, St. Pancras, Holborn, Finsbury, Islington, Stoke Newington, Shoreditch, Stepney, Bethnal Green, Hackney and Poplar. |
HUMAN GLANDERS.
All persons who have anything to do with glandered or farcied animals
should bear in mind the following facts:—
The disease can be communicated to man by discharge from the nostrils,
or other parts of a diseased animal of carcase.
The disease in man is almost always fatal.
It is specially dangerous for any person with scratches or sores on the
hands or face to handle diseased horses or carcases.
By care and strict attention to cleanliness the danger of inoculation is.
avoidable.
§ 6.—LEGAL DECISIONS.
SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE.
Court of Appeal.
24th, 25th, 30th October, 1st November, 1905.
Parker v. Talbot.
Common lodging-house—What is—No payment by those housed—Common
Lodging-Houses Act, 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. 28) —Common LodgingHouses
Act, 1853 (16 & 17 Vict. c. 41)—London County Council (General
Powers) Act, 1902 (2 Edw. 7 c. 173), Part IX. Common LodgingHouses
Act (Ireland), 1860 (23 Yict. c. 26), ss. 2 and 3.