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Reference Number496.5 BA11241/E23/Box 4/1
Hierarchy Browser Number8001/1/2/12/17
TitleHealth Committee
DescriptionTyped minutes of the committee. Matters discussed include: establishment and minutes of sub-committees; the treatment of venereal diseases; slaughterhouses; drainage, sewerage and water supplies; public bathing facilities; Maternity and Child Welfare; staffing and wages; analysis of food, milk and water supply; maintenance and daily running of Newtown Hospital, including proposed alterations for crippled children; offensive trades; nuisances reported; various treatments (usually for tuberculosis) for named patients, sometimes stating the costs and by whom these should be paid; cases of infectious diseases; dilapidated or overcrowded housing; petroleum and explosives licencing, including discussion over licencing premises with a swing arm across the pavement; birth control; meat regulations and butchers; proposed improvement scheme and slum clearances; hospital's dairy herd; common lodging houses; intentions to prosecute; flooding; and rats and other vermin.
Date1926-1927
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