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Special Reports were issued during the year on various subjects,
and a special memorandum addressed to every medical practitioner
respecting Plague.
A General Sanitary Notice was sent to every householder in October
pointing out the necessity for the periodical inspection and cleansing of
all disconnecting chambers on their system of drainage, and for seeing
to the thorough flushing out of all syphon traps and drains on the
premises; attention at the same time was called to the necessity for the
cleansing of cisterns, and the preventing of accumulations of vegetable
and animal matters, with garden refuse, &c., in dustbins.
In closing my last Annual Report, I take the opportunity of
bearing testimony to the valuable and efficient assistance I have received
from Mr. G. A. Smith, the Senior Sanitary Assistant; to Mr. Leverton
and the other three Inspectors, who have carried out their arduous and
frequently unpleasant duties with judgment and success; nor should
the services of the Clerical Staff be overlooked, seeing that their work
has been very much increased lately by the additions to the number of
the Sanitary Inspectors. Whilst thanking the various Borough Officials
for the assistance and information afforded me in past years, I beg at
the same time to gratefully acknowledge the valuable assistance I have
received from the Chairman and Members of the Public Health
Committee, and for the uniform support afforded me not only by the
late Vestry, but also by the Mayor and Members of the present
Borough Council.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
EDMUND GWYNN,
Acting Medical Officer of Health.