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Addition

of new

by-law.

(b) the marginal note and the substitution therefor of the

following-

"Inoculations against cholera, typhoid fever and paratyphoid fever.".

5. The principal by-laws are amended by the addition of the following immediately after by-law 9-

"By-laws

3, 5 and 6 to remain

in abeyance

unless brought into force.

9A. By-laws 3, 5 and 6 shall be in abeyance unless at any time the Urban Council, with the advice of the Deputy Director of Health Services, determines and declares that an occasion exists which, for the prevention as far as possible of any epidemic, endemic, infectious or contagious disease, necessitates them being brought into force, and thereupon and on publication of such declaration in the Gazette, and so long as any such declaration shall subsist, by-laws 3, 5 and 6 shall be in force in the district or districts to which they are or may be applied.".

Made by the Urban Council this 25th day of August, 1953-

B. Whithey

Secretary.

Approved by the Legislative Council this 26th day of August, 1953.

The second messure, covered by by-law 4, prescribes the compulsory inoculation against typhoid fever and paratyphoid fever, in addition to cholera, of all persons engaged in the hundling of food for the public. Recently there has been an increase in the number of typhoid fever and paratyphoid fever cases and it is considered necessary tu provide for compulsory inoculation against these diseases.

The last measure, covered by by-law 5, is to give the Council the discretion of enforcing certain by-laws prohibiting the collection and sale of certain types of aholl fish. The present position is that the Council has no such discretion but, if there is no epidemic prevalent in the Colany, it is considered unnecessary for such a prohibition to remain in force.

(Secretariat 15/3234/48)

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

26th August, 1953-

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

Explanatory Note?

There by-laws contain 3 separate measures,

The first of these, covered by by-laws 2 and 3, requires the issue of and prescribes fees for, a permit by the Council to allow the sale of *carbonated and non-carbonated drinks (the modern terms for 'aerated' and 'non-aersted' waters) by establishments not licensed under the Restaurants and Food Stalls By-laws. This mensura is intended to allow control to be exercised over small shops and stalls which at present sell such drinks to the public.