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received. In many cases the worst of the houses have been closed after
notice either by the consent of the owners, or after a "closing order"
was obtained.
The inquiry by the London County Council into the administration
and Sanitary condition of the District also occupied much of the time
of the Department. An Inspector and generally also myself accompanied
Dr. Young during his inspections.
As each Member of the Board was supplied with a copy of the
London County Council Report, and of my report upon it, I need not
again enter into any details, especially as the consideration of these
reports was adjourned to the beginning of this year.
In my report, I gave my reasons for agreeing in the main with the
L.C.C. Report, and set forth facts which I hoped might help the Board
to come to the same conclusion.
The Health Department is glad that the Board has had the
independent and unbiassed report of Dr. Young, that, "as the result
"of this inquiry, evidence has been obtained that much work in the
"abating and removal of insanitary conditions is being carried out in
"the District," &c.
Much time also has been taken in the examinaton of many hundreds
of tenements and their sanitary arrangements, for which owners asked
for Certificates under the Customs and Inland Revenue Acts. In many
cases the Certificate could not be given until a great deal of sanitary
improvements had been effected.
1 may mention some other changes that have taken place during
the year, to which the Board kindly gave their consent.
Returns of births and deaths in the District are now sent to me by
the Registrars.
A new notification form in accordance with the form prescribed by
the Local Government Board was printed and circulated amongst the
Medical Practitioners of the District.
A special feature that has been introduced by the Holborn Board,
which assists in getting infectious cases promptly removed is the
following: "If the Medical Practitioner will kindly at once make
application to the Metropolitan Asylums Board, Norfolk House,