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Bethnal Green 1904

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1904

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the
Chief Inspector's Ninth Annual Report
on the work of the
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
for
The Year ending December 31st. 1904.
To the Chairman and Gentlemen of the Public Health Committee
of the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
I respectfully beg leave to present my Ninth Annual Report
on the work of your department.
The work done by your staff for the year 1904, is I believe
fully equal in all respects to that of any year preceding
it ; and it is with the greatest confidence that I submit for your
consideration the following particulars of the measures that have
been taken under your directions in the interest of the public
health of your district.
Full details are set out in the several appendices attached
hereto, and referred to in the following:—
NUISANCES AND INSANITARY CONDITIONS.
Appendix A shows month by month throughout the year
the measures that were taken for the improvement of the sanitary
condition of the Borough, and the various works found necessary
for the abatement of nuisances and the provision of sanitary
conveniences, &c.