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To advise the Officer Commanding on sanitary matters
if no medical officer of the Royal Army Medical Corps
was attached to him.
A circular letter was subsequently forwarded by the
Local Government Board, pointing out the necessity
for the closest co-operation between the Local Authority
and the military sanitary services in order to prevent the
spread of disease.
The headquarters of the 7th London Brigade Royal
Field Artillery, T.F , and of the 2.5th County of London
Cyclists, T F., which are in High Street, Fulham, were
regularly inspected and some nuisances observed were
brought under the notice of the military authorities and
abated.
199 houses chiefly in Hurlingham and Town Wards, in
which according to information forwarded by the
Superintendent of Police troops were billeted, were also
inspected.
Arrangements were made, at the request of the
Local Government Board, for the systematic supervision
of the premises of contractors engaged in the
supply of food for the Army, in order to secure the
proper sanitary condition of the premises and the
wholesomeness of the materials used. Two firms, a
biscuit manufacturer and a maker of tinned soups, etc.,
were notified as having contracts for the supply of the
Army.
Members of the Staff of the Public Health Department
serving with His Majesty's Forces
Early in August two of your Sanitary Inspectors
Mr. Frederick Manning and Mr. Mark Canton joined
the 2nd London Sanitary Corps and are now in France.
Mr. H. Carter was appointed a temporary Sanitary
Inspector during their absence.