Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1899
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"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
"that a supply of copies may be available for
"distribution among the members of the
"Sanitary Authority and other persons in"terested.
"The sanitary history of the year under
"review should include a record alike of the
"proceedings of the Medical Officer of Health
"himself and of the proceedings taken under
" his direction or advice.
"What has been said above with regard
"to the information which an annual report
"should contain must be understood, not as
"suggesting that the report should be limited
"to these subjects, or that more detailed or
"differently arranged tabular statements may
"not be added, but as indicating the sort of
"information required by the Board's Order.
"Many Medical Officers of Health will