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Reference Number496.5 BA9360/E27/Box 2/2
Hierarchy Browser Number8001/1/2/12/5
TitleGeneral Health Committee
DescriptionHandwritten minutes of the committee. Matters discussed include bills; nuisances at named properties; prosecutions brought against named individuals or companies and the magistrates' decision; canal boat registration; provision of privies, water closets etc, some with schedules of work to be carried out giving address, description of property, names of owner/occupier and number of water closets to be installed; analysis of food and water for contamination or adulteration; measures to prevent cross-contamination at Barbourne Hospital; drainage; reports of the sub-committees; dangerous and uninhabitable buildings; maintenance and storage of the bathing barge; poor security and uncleanliness at public slaughterhouses; death rates and infant mortality; appointment and salary of the bathing barge assistant; storage of explosives and petroleum; complaints of nuisances; registration of dairies, cow-sheds and milk shops; mortuary and post-mortem room; keeping of pigs; offensive trades and practices (e.g. boiling of tripe and offal); outbreaks of infectious disease (Scarlet Fever and Measles); bye laws regarding refuse removal; flushing of sewers; Medical Officer's lectures; Infectious Diseases (Notification) Act 1889; foul smoke; death of and subsequent appointment of a Medical Officer.

Alphabetical index at the front of volume.
Date1886-1891
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