[Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Aston Manor U.D.C.

  • Aston Manor (Birmingham, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1904
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Credit: [Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Aston Manor U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    By the order of the Local Government Board, dated March 23, 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 con- “ tain an account of the enquiries which he has made as to condi- “ tions 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 jiroceedings 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. The report shall also record the action “ taken by him, or on his advice, during the year, in regard to “ offensive trades, to dairies, cowsheds, and milkshops, and to “ factories and workshops. 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.” By the instructions of the Local Government Board “ the Medical “ Officer of Health must himself send a copy of the Annual “ Report to the Local Government Board and one to the “ County Council.” By the Factory and Workshop Act of 1901, “ the Medical Officer “is now required to specifically report on the administration of “ that Act in workshops and workplaces in his district, and to “ send a copy of the Report to the Secretary of State.”