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NURSING FACILITIES.
The local District Nursing- Associations, which are
affiliated to the Kent County Nursing- Association, provides
nursing- facilities for this District.
NURSING HOMES.
The powers in relation to Nursing* Homes have been
delegated to the District Council by the Kent County Council.
At the end of the year there were four Nursing and Maternity
Homes, the number of beds available being 19, of which
12 were for maternity cases and 7 for other cases.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
It was necessary to institute proceedings against a Butcher
for the following- infringements of the Public Health (Meat)
Regulations, 1924:—
(a) Failure to notify Intention to slaughter.
(b) Failure to notify diseased condition of meat.
Defendant was fined £10 in respect of each infringement,
and also £5 5s. Od. Costs imposed.
As the result of the installation of new plant for the pulverisation
of chalk at Keston Lime Works, Leaves Green, a
serious nuisance occurred affecting residents in the locality
owing to the persistent discharge of chalk dust from the works.
Persuasive efforts on the part of the Council failing to have
the desired effect, the Council ultimately decided to apply for
an Injunction. The case came before the High Court on the
9 th December, when the Court granted an Interlocutory
Injunction restraining Defendant from using his premises in
such a way as to be a nuisance or injurious to the health of the
neighbourhood.
ADOPTIVE ACTS AND BYELAWS.
ACTS.
No new Acts were adopted during the year.
Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890.—Sections
10, 17, 18, 19, 20 (i), 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 32, 33, 35, 38,
39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 81, 85, 87, 89, 90 and 91.
Public Health Act, 1925.—Sections 17, 18, 20, 23, 24,
26, 29, 33, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 55
(unrepealed provisions).