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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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Appendix No. 9.]
DUTIES AND CONDITIONS OF APPOINTMENT
of
THE INSPECTOR OF NUISANCES.
I.—As to Responsibility and Meetings.
1.—He is responsible to the Vestry, who appoint him.
2.—He is to obey the Orders of the Committee of
Works, and, in the interim between the Meetings of the
Committee, such directions as shall be given by the Vestry
Clerk or Medical Officer of Health.
3.—He is to attend all Meetings of the Local Authority;
to attend at the Office, 1, Pimlico Road, every week day,
between 9 o'clock and 10 o'clock in the morning; and at
the Board Room, at Mount Street, every Tuesday, Thursday,
and Saturday, between the hours of 11 and 12; and at such
other times, and for such purposes, as shall be required.
II.—As to Nuisances from Dwellings and Occupations.
1.—That he daily examine the Complaints Books, and
without delay inspect any premises named therein, and
endeavour to ascertain the facts of the cases stated; and
that he forthwith enter in the Report Book the result of
that examination, and such remedies, if any, as the case
seems to him to require.
2.—That, in case entry is refused, he make a minute to
that effect in the Report Book; and that he apply, at the