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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Richmond upon Thames 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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Midwives.
No midwives are employed or subsidised by the Council.
The total number of midwives practising in the district is 5.
Chemical Work.
Arrangements have been made whereby samples of the
Borough water supply are regularly examined (monthly or more
often if required). These water samples are examined by Drs.
Thresh, Beale and Suckling, and their reports are invariably good
shewing that the water supply is of excellent quality.
Local or General Adoptive Acts, Bye-Laws and Regulations.
The following is a list of the Adoptive Acts in force in the district:—
| Infectious Disease Notification Act | 1889 |
| Infectious Disease Prevention Act | 1890 |
| Public Health Acts Amendment Acts | 1890 |
| Private Street Works Act | 1892 |
| Public Libraries Act | 1893 |
| Local Government Act | 1894 |
| Public Health Acts Amendment Act (part of) | 1907 |
| Notification of Births Act | 1914 |
The following is a list of the Bye-laws or Regulations in force
in the district
1. Bye-laws as to keeping water closet supplied with sufficient
water for flushing.
2. Bye-laws with respect to nuisances (limiting the time for
removal of offensive matter through the streets).
3. Regulations as to Glanders or Farcy.
4. ,, Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops.
5. Bye-laws as to Slaughterhouses.
6. ,, New Streets and Buildings.
7. ,, Pleasure Grounds.
8. ,, Allotments.
9. ,, Locomotives Act, 1898.