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Wimbledon 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Bye-laws with respect to tents, vans, sheds and similar
structures.
Bye-laws as to Employment Agencies.
Bye-laws with respect to the keeping of water-closets supplied
with sufficient water for flushing.
Bye-laws for the Management, Use and Regulation of Public
Baths.
Bye-laws under Advertisements Regulations Act, 1907.
Bye-laws with respect to the Fouling of Footways by Dogs.
Regulations as to Underground Sleeping Places (Section 18
[i]) Housing Act, 1925.
Regulations with respect to Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops.
The Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924.
Provisional and, other Orders affecting the Borough:—
Croydon & Wimbledon Joint Small-pox Hospital Order, 1898.
Do. do. do. 1903.
Do. do. do. 1908.
Do. do. do. 1912.
Order of Local Government Board, under the Public Health
Acts (Amendment) Act, 1907, declaring certain trades
to be offensive. Dated 14th January, 1914.
Order of Town Council, under Shops Acts, 1912 and 1913,
relating to Second-hand Clothes' Dealers. Dated 5th
November, 1913.
The Wimbledon General Half-Holiday Order, 1914. 6th June,
1914.
The Wimbledon Credit Drapers' Half-Holiday Order, 1914.
2nd July, 1914.
The Wimbledon Barbers' and Hairdressers' Closing Order,
1919. 27th October, 1919.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
The following information is supplied by the Borough
Surveyor, Mr. J. Bowen:—
General Sanitary Conditions of the Area—Good.
Refuse Removal:—The Corporation have three motor
lorries in use and two on order which are expected very
shortly. The adoption of these vehicles has proved to be a
marked success, both from a sanitary and economical point
of view.