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Reference Number496.5 BA11241/E23/Box 3/2
Hierarchy Browser Number8001/1/2/12/16
TitleHealth Committee
DescriptionTyped minutes of the committee. Matters discussed include: establishment and minutes of sub-committees; the treatment of venereal diseases; mortuary and post-mortem facilities; slaughterhouses; drainage and sewerage; provision of sinks; public bathing facilities; Maternity and Child Welfare, including dentistry and midwives; staffing, wages and superannuation; analysis of food, water supply and milk supplied to hospitals and the workhouse; provision of refuse bins; maintenance and daily running of Newtown Hospital; long-term sickness of a nurse; offensive trades; nuisances reported; various treatments (usually for tuberculosis) for named patients, the costs and by whom these should be paid; dilapidated or overcrowded housing, including use of the old prison as emergency accommodation; petroleum and explosives licencing; outbreak of infectious diseases; proposed improvement scheme and slum clearances; vaccinations; tuberculosis (in humans and cattle); intentions to prosecute; flooding; and rats and other vermin.
Date1924-1925
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