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Wimbledon 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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PUBLIC HEALTH (PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS 1925
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1936 (Section 172)
During 1962 it did not become necessary to use the powers given under the
above legislation. These powers prohibit persons suffering from pulmonary
tuberculosis from entering upon employment involving the handling of milk, and
the compulsory removal and detention in hospital, in certain circumstances, of
persons suffering from tuberculosis.
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