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Poplar 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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(3) That it is desirable that any necessary executive
assistants should be appointed by the London County Council
and allocated to the Cities of London and Westminster and the
Metropolitan Boroughs, such assistants to be under the control
of, and to receive instructions from, and report directly to the
Medical Officers of Health.
(4) That it is desirable that the Medical Officers of Health
should report directly to the London County Council on all
matters relating to the administration of the Act.
In accordance with the direction of this Council these conclusions
have been communicated to the London County Council,
and they were requested to adopt and incorporate the same in any
scheme to be prepared by them under the Act referred to. The
Board of Education were also communicated with.
I am now directed to ask that the Council of the Metropolitan
Borough of Poplar will be good enough to take the matter into consideration
and that they will support the action of this Council.
I am, Dear Sir,
Yours faithfully,
EDWARD WRIGHT,
Town Clerk.
The Town Clerk,
Metropolitan Borough of Poplar.
The Public Health and Housing Committee concurred in the conclusions
of the Lewisham Borough Council, and recommended the
Council that the action of the Lewisham Borough Council be supported.