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Health Officer Reports on Braybrook Noxious Trades
The Braybrook Health Officer reports three boiling down methods used at local firms and notes odour nuisances. Digestors and cookers show variable odors. Powell drier effluent is offensive unless condensed. Recommendations urge banning Powell driers and tighter inspections. A diphtheria case among Maribyrnong school pupils prompts swab testing and potential hospital admission.
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Pr. Adamsony
Shire of
Braybrook
G. W. Pennell
F. Watkins
Victorian Casing Co
Ficken, Halliday & McClelland
Pridham Pty
Besters
Pennell’s Watkins
Ficken, Halliday & McClelland’s
Pridham’s
Victorian Caging Co
Pridham's
Saab
Anderson's
Borthwick's
Brooklyn
Powell
Pennell’s
Borthwick
Pennell
Anderson
Shire
Maribyrnong
Infectious Diseases Hospital