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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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Samples of Certified Milk are taken on instructions from the
Ministry of Health and are examined at the Counties Public
Health Laboratories.
Chemical and Bacteriological examinations are also made
frequently of samples of water taken from the various supplies in
the Borough.
Local and 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 Act | 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. ,, ,, Locomotive Act, 1898.
10. Bye-laws under Good Rule and Government of the
Borough.
11. Bye-laws with respect to occupation of basement sleeping
rooms, Section 18 (7) H. & T.P. Act, 1925.