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Shoreditch 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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the cases are urgent, persons suffering from illness upon medical certificate,
and persons suffering from infections disease to the Council's fever hospitals.
In other cases ambulances are supplied at a charge of 10s. if going wholly
within Administrative County of London. Additional charges are made if
there is more than one patient, and there is a special scale of charges for
journeys extending outside London.
HOUSE REFUSE.
The removal of this is under the administrative control of the Borough
Surveyor. It is collected at never longer than weekly intervals; in many
instances it is collected daily, and from a considerable proportion of the
premises in the Borough two or three times a week.
Refuse is removed in horse-drawn and mechanically operated vehicles,
and is burned at the refuse destructor.
ACTS, REGULATIONS AND ORDERS
which became operative during 1931.
Acts.
Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Amendment Act, 1931.
Regulations.
Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) (Cider) Regulations, 1931.
Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) (Canned Vegetables) Regulations,
1931.
Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) (Canned Fruit) Regulations,
1931.
Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) (Beef) Regulations, 1931.
The Merchandise Marks (Imported Goods) No. 8 Order, 1931 (which deals
with the sale of imported frozen or chilled salmon or sea trout).