[Report 1899] / Medical Officer of Health, Derby County Borough.

  • Derby (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1899
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Credit: [Report 1899] / Medical Officer of Health, Derby County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    By order of the Local Government Board, dated March 23rd, 1891, Article 18, Section 14, it is prescribed that the Medical Officer of Health shall “ prepare an Annual Report, to be made to the “ end of December in each year, comprising a summary of the “ action taken during the year for preventing the spread of disease, “ and an account of the sanitary state of his district generally at “ the end of the year. The report shall also contain an account “ of the enquiries which he has made as to conditions injurious “ to health existing in his district, and of the proceedings in which “ he has taken part or advised under the Public Health Act, “1875, so far as such proceedings relate to those conditions; “ and also an account of the supervision exercised by him or “ on his advice, for sanitary purposes over places and houses that “ the Sanitary Authorities have power to regulate, with the nature “ and results of any proceedings which may have been so required “ and taken in respect of the same during the year. It shall also “ record the action taken by him or on his advice, during the “ year, in regard to offensive trades, and to factories and work- “ shops. The report shall also contain tabular statements (on “ forms to be supplied by the Local Government Board, or to “ the like effect) of the sickness and mortality within the district, “ classified according to diseases, ages, and localities.”