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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
Being the Report for the Year 1893.
To the Members of the Board of Works for the St. Olave District,
SoutHvark.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to place before you my fifth
Annual Report. This report, in accordance with the regulations
of the Local Government Board, deals with the twelve
months ending December 31st, 1893. The year has been one
of marked progress in sanitary matters, and the work has been
carried on, by the aid of recent Acts of Parliament, in a quiet,
methodical manner, much easier than formerly, and consequently
with less attention being drawn to it. The most
marked feature in sanitary progress this year is the purchase
by the Board of its own steam disinfector, which is now being
manufactured for the Board by Messrs. Manlove and Alliott.
It will be remembered that I have frequently in my reports