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Finchley 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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Defective ashbins15
Miscellaneous defects6

N.B.—In addition to the above work of disinfection, 104
stovings of bedding, etc., were carried out, and 64 patients
were removed to Hospital for the Friern Barnet District
Council.
Game Licenses.
Thirteen applications were received under Section 27 of
the Local Government Act, 1894, from tradesmen in the
District for licences to deal in game. A licence was granted
in each instance.
Petroleum Acts, 1871 to 1881.
Mineral spirit and various compositions containing the
same, which, when tested in a prescribed manner, gives off
an inflammable vapour at a temperature below 73 degrees
Fahrenheit, is defined as Petroleum within the meaning of
the above Acts. It is sold under various names, such as
benzoline, benzine, naphtha, carburine and gasoline, and can
only be stored for sale in pursuance of a licence granted by
the Local Authority, excepting where the total quantity kept
does not exceed three gallons, and that it is stored in vessels
each of which contains not more than one pint.
The ordinary petroleum oil used in lamps, such as
paraffin, kerosene, crystal oil, etc., flashes above the temperature
of 73 degrees Fahrenheit, and is therefore exempt from
the operation of the Acts.
By an order in Council made in 1897, certain parts of
the Acts of 1871 to 1881 apply to Carbide of Calcium in the
same manner as if the said substance was petroleum, and in
those cases where the quantity kept exceeds 28 lbs. a licence
is necessary. Any smaller quantity has to be kept in
accordance with the Regulations contained in an order in
Council dated October 24th, 1904.