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Health Congress of the Sanitary Institute, held at
Bradford, July 7th-llth, 1903.
(Special Report presented to the Council on October 1st, 1903.)
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Borough of
Lambeth.
Gentlemen,
As one of your delegates appointed to attend the Congress at
Bradford, held from July 7th to July 11th (inclusive), I have to
report that, for various reasons, I was, unfortunately, unable to
get to Bradford except for the latter half of the Congress. Thus,
my attendance was rendered necessary at your Council Meeting
held July 9th, more especially in connection with the important
resolution that was brought up by the Health Committee, dealing
with the proposed establishment within the Borough of Lambeth
of a Municipal Milk Depot. For the same reason my co-delegate,
Mr. Councillor Thwaite (Vice-Chairman of the Public Health
Committee), found himself unable to visit Bradford at all.
Further, a meeting of the Guardians, dealing with their final
report on the insanitary state of the Norwood Schools and the
outbreak of Measles there (in connection with which I had had a
large amount of anxiety and trouble) was held on Wednesday,
July 8th, and, as I was asked by the Guardians specially to attend,
this meeting prevented also my visit to Bradford during the first
half of the Congress.
Fortunately, I was able to be present at the final meetings of
the Congress, and had the pleasure of listening to the resume of
the results of the labours of the three Sections, e.g. (1) Sanitary
Science and Preventive Medicine; (2) Engineering and Architecture;
(3) Physics, Chemistry and Biology; and of the various
Conferences, e.g. (a) of Municipal Representatives; (b) of Medical
Officers of Health; (c) of Sanitary Inspectors; (d) of Workers in
Domestic, Industrial and School Hygiene, etc.
This resume may be given as follows, including the resolutions
(if any) that were adopted during the Congress:—
1. Appointment of a Minister of Public Health.
It was resolved:—"That the Congress is of opinion that the
national health would gain by the appointment of a Minister of
Public Health, and the separation and enlargement of the Medical