Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE PREVENTION.
Part III.
As to the prevention of Infectious Disease provision
is made with regard to infected books from Lending
Libraries, infectious disease among dairymen and their
servants, the inspection of school children, and the
requiring of notification from the schools of children
absent on account of infectious disease; also provision
with regard to the manufacture and sale of ice cream, &c.
SANITARY PROVISIONS.
Part VII.
These sections strengthen the general law with
regard to drains and soil-pipes, the abolition of brick
ash-pits, the cleansing of cisterns, provisions as to houses
without a water supply, the amendment of Section 19 of
the Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1890, defining
the establishment of a new business, enlarging the
definition of nuisances, the improper construction and
repair of water-closets or drains, and various other
important matters.
Registered and Licensed Premises, &c.
With regard to—
Common Lodging-houses.
Houses Let in Lodgings.
Moveable Dwellings.
Slaughter-houses.
Cowsheds, Dairies, and Milkshops.
Offensive Trades.
Unsound Food.
These are fully dealt with in the Report of the Chief
Sanitary Inspector, which is appended herewith.