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ADOPTIVE ACTS AND BYE LAWS IN FORCE.
Adoptive Acts in force in the District.
*Infectious Diseases (Prevention) Act, 1890.
*Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, Part II, III and V.
*Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907, Parts II, *111, *IV, *V, VI and VIII.
*Public Health Act, 1925, Parts *11, *111, *IV and *V were adopted in November, 1925.
Maternity and Child Welfare Act, 1918.
Baths and Wash-houses Acts, 1846-1899.
Burial Acts, 1852-85. (Applicable to parts of the Borough only).
Public Libraries Act, 1892.
Private Street Works Act, 1892.
Small Dwellings Acquisition Acts, 1899-1923.
Local Government and Other Officers' Superannuation Act, 1922.
Bye-laws in force in the District.
*Common Lodging Houses (P.H.A. 1875, s. 80).
*Cleansing, etc., and Removal of Refuse (P.H.A., 1875, s. 44).
*Houses Let in Lodgings (P.H.A., 1875, s. 90).
*Tents, Vans, Sheds, etc. (H.W.C.A., 1885, s. 9 (2)).
*Slaughter Houses (P.H.A., 1875, s. 169, and T.I.C.A., 1847, s. 128).
*Prevention of Nuisances (P.H.A., 1875, s. 44).
*Keeping of Animals (P.HA., 1875, s. 44).
*Removal of Offensive Matters (P.H.A.A.A., 1890, s. 26).
New Streets and Buildings (P.H.A., 1875, s. 157, and P.H.A.A.A., 1890, s. 23).
Pleasure Grounds (P.H.A., 1875, s. 164).
*Fish Frying (P.H.A., 1875., s. 113).
*Emission of Smoke (P.H. (S.A.) A., 1926, s. 2).
School Attendance (E.E.A., 1870, s. 74, as amended by E.E.A's., 1876-1902).
Employment of Children and Street Trading by Young Persons (Edu.A., 1918, s. 13).
Good Rule and Government (M.C.A., 1882, s. 23).
Regulations made by Local Authority in force in District.
Allotments (S.H. & A.A., 1908, s. 28), Allotment Regulations, 1922.
*These are administered wholly or partly by the Health Committee. The unstarred are administered
by other Committees of the Council.
HOSPITALS.
In considering the hospital accommodation for the district, one is faced first with the fact that
it is inadequate, and inadequate mainly from the point of view of the Hounslow Hospital, which is
incapable of dealing with the ever-growing needs forced upon it by the rapid growth of the population
it caters for.
The time is obviously coming when voluntary effort must be recognised as incapable of dealing
with hospitals in areas such as this. Rising taxation since the War has entirely altered the perspective
and the possibility of private charity continuing to be the source from which the funds are drawn
to support the local hospital.
The scene is changing; the outlook is entirely different and will continue to get more different
as the days go by. The charitable public are not by reason altogether of their innate feelings becoming
less and less charitable. The portion of their income that they formerly felt they could reasonably
give to mitigate the sufferings of their fellow members of society is steadily dwindling, owing to the
demands of the tax-collector both imperial and local, and with the best will in the world for those
who still retain the old ideals of charitable contributions, there is no longer the possibility of putting
these ideals into effect.
Together with this there is the pressure of taxation on the medical profession, and they are
at last beginning to say that the labourer is worthy of his hire. Before the War it was the great glory
of my profession that they gave their services to the sick poor and asked nothing in return. They
gave in a way that no other profession or trade has ever given, and the public came to look upon this
as the normal thing to expect. In some cases the public expressed its gratitude, but more often
it was taken for granted.
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