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I have now laid before you the details of a
somewhat busy year, and have not hesitated
to point out some of the difficulties met with
in the discharge of multifarious and onerous
duties. In doing so I have been guided by the
instructions laid down by the Local Government
Board for the guidance of Medical
Officers of Health, in a departmental memorandum
dated December, 1897, the salient
features of which are as follows, viz.:
"Every Medical Officer of Health is required
"to make an annual report for the year ending
"the 31st December. The report is to be made
"to the Sanitary Authority, and the Medical
"Officer of Health himself should send a copy
"of it to the Local Government Board and to
"the London County Council. The Board's
"copy of the report should be forwarded to them
"when the original is sent to the Sanitary
"Authority, except where the report is likely
"to be printed by order of the Authority, when
"the Board need only be supplied with a
"printed copy. It is very desirable that the
"Annual Report should be printed, in order