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department, so that the inspectors might have more time
for out-door work, at £ CO with £10 annual increments to
£100; and a temporary inspector was engaged for the
measurement and registration of the underground rooms.
Bye-laws for the regulation of houses let in lodgings, which
had been drafted so long ago as in 1884, were adapted to
the new statute and forwarded to the Local Government
Board for approval, and other bye-laws for the prevention
of nuisances, based on draft models provided by the Local
Government Board, were also prepared. An attempt was
made to obtain the classification of measles as a "dangerous
infectious disease" under the Act, but was not encouraged
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by the Government Department at Whitehall; the question
of mortuary and disinfection accommodation was fully gone
into, and suggestions were made to the County Council and
St. George's Union with a view to co-operation in carrying
out the provisions of this most important and valuable
statute.
Analysis of
Food and Drugs