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Smallwood Hospital Redditch Heritage
13. John Castree innkeeper 170
14. James D. Phillips auctioneer 200
15. William T. Hemming stationer 101
16. George Brown grocer 124
17. Charles B. James manufacturer 107
18. James Thomas manufacturer 97
19. George Smith needle stamper 103
20. Joseph Mogg manufacturer 69
21. John London grocer 17
22. Richard C. Wyers manufacturer
120
23. Thomas T. Shore manufacturer 24
24. Thomas Hill builder 24
25. Thomas Field manufacturer 183
26. Charles Smallwood manufacturer 30
27. Arthur G. Baylis manufacturer 104
28. John Davis innkeeper 51
29. Henry English manufacturer 55
30. Walter Lewis manufacturer 33
Candidates for the Redditch Local Board elections 1859 60
The Local Government Board Act 1871
The Local Government Board was a Government supervisory body overseeing local
administration in England and Wales from 1871 to 1919. It took over the public health and
local government responsibilities of the Home Secretary and the Privy Council and all the
functions of the Poor Law Board, which was abolished.
The Public Health Act 1875
This Act was primarily a consolidation of 30 previous laws. It established that every part of
the country had to have a public health authority. Every public health authority had to have
at least one medical officer and one sanitary inspector to ensure the laws on food adulteration,
housing, water supplies and cleansing were enforced. Local authorities had wide powers to
lay sewers and drains, build reservoirs, parks, public baths and public conveniences.
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Worcester Journal, 2 April 1859; Birmingham Daily Post, 30 March 1859.
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