[Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health, Newark Borough, Southwell R.D.C., Newark R.D.C.

  • Newark-on-Trent (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1935
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Credit: [Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health, Newark Borough, Southwell R.D.C., Newark R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    6.—Laboratory Work Throat swabs and specimens of sputum are examined at the Laboratory, Cumberland Place, Nottingham. Some practitioners send specimens to the Public Health Offices, in Middlegate, Newark-on-Trent, but no special arrange¬ ments are made for bacteriological investigation being carried out here for the Southwell Rural Districts. Sections of Public Health Amendment Act, 1890, Adopted in March, 1892 Sections 16, 17, iS, 19, 21, 23, 25, 26 (Sub-section 2), 28, 32, 33, 47, 48 and 49 Invested with Urban powers on 28th February, 1921, under the following provisions, viz. : The Public Health Act, 1875. Section 169, the second paragraph which for the pur¬ poses therein mentioned, incorporates the provisions of the Towns Improvement Clauses Act, 1847, with respect to Slaughter-houses. Section 169, the third paragraph, and Section 170. The Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, Sections 29, 30 and 31. The Council have also been invested with the following Urban Powers :— For watering streets in the parishes of Southwell and Farnsfield. For naming streets and numbering houses in the parish of Southwell. For charging the cost of scavenging in the parishes of Southwell, Lowdham, Sutton-on-Trent, Edwinstowe, and Ollerton as Special Expenses. Byelaws Byelaws regulating the cleansing of footways and pavements were allowed in January, 1891. Byelaws as to new streets and buildings were allowed in 1900. Regulations under the Diaries, Cowsheds and Milk Shops Orders (with reference to cleanliness in milking) were made in July, 1919.