| Description | Town clerks file relating to the case promoted by the Association of Municipal Corporations to the Royal Commission. It comprises copies of uncorrected proofs of minutes of evidence taken before the Royal Commission and correspondence between members of the Association, draft evidence and observations, and minutes of the Special Committee showing the process of establishing their evidence to present before the Commission. The areas of Local Government responsibility for consideration by the Commission included public health issues such as the treatment of venereal disease, supervision of midwives, rats and mice destruction, cinematograph licences, sale of food and drugs, and weights and measures. |