Handsworth and the Muzzling Order

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Date:1897

Description:A newspaper cutting from the "Handsworth Herald",19th June 1897.
This cutting refers to the muzzling order introduced by Staffordshire County Council the previous year, following an outbreak of rabies. A new order had just been introduced on 1st June 1897. The writer claims that large numbers of stray dogs had been rounded up and poisoned before being buried behind Holyhead Road Police Station.

Taken from the G.H. Osborne Newscuttings Collection.

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Public Health Holyhead Road Handsworth 1837 - 1900 (Victorian Period)

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Donor ref:L.F 91.3 G.H. Osborne Collection. (15/5795)

Source: Local Studies & History Department , Birmingham Central Library

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