[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham County Borough 1905].

  • West Ham (London, England). County Borough.
Date:
[1906]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham County Borough 1905]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Hairdressers and Perfumers.—In January the Clerk of the Incorporated Guild of Hairdressers, Wig Makers and Perfumers, wrote to the Council, calling attention to the arrangements made in the City of London whereby the Medical Officer of Health shall make inspection and give to the Guild Certificates in respect of the premises of all hairdressers and barbers within the district who apply for registration, and asking the Council whether they would be prepared to aid the Guild by making similar arrangements. The Council agreed to give the assistance desired and empowered the Medical Officer of Health to inspect and grant the Certificates. Up to the present time no application has been received from the Guild. Removal of Offensive Matter.—Owing to the nuisance arising from the collection of fish offal an application was made early in the year by the Green Street Traders’ Protection Society, asking the Council to take steps to vary the hours during which offensive matter may be collected or moved within the Borough. The Council were unable to accede to this request, having decided in January, 1904, after full consideration, to agree to no change. At the time of writing a Bill is before Parliament, promoted by the President of the Local Government Board, for repealing the Metropolitan Police Act so far as the provision relating to the Removal of Offensive Matter is concerned. The effect of the passing of this Bill will be that, pending the making of bye-laws by the Council, no offence will be committed in West Ham by the removal of offensive matter at any hour of the day or night, and it is highly probable that the Local Government Board will not sanction bye-laws on the subject unless the hours assimilate to those of the Metropolis.