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Annual Report on the Health and Sanitary
Condition of the City of Westminster.
1912.
To the.
Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors
of the City of Westminster.
Mr. Mayor, my Lords, Lady and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit to you my Annual Report for the
year 1912.
Returns required by the Local Government Board, and particulars
relating to Factories and Workshops required by the Home
Office, are incorporated therein.
The Report shows that the Council has maintained the activity
which has always characterised it in promoting whatever is likely to
improve the health of the citizens. It is impossible, however, to do
more than indicate the amount of consideration which has been given
by the Public Health Committee, or the increasing mass of detail work
which has been undertaken by the department. New duties are
continually being placed upon local authorities by Parliament, and
methods have to be devised in order to deal with the new problems
arising therefrom. For many years the Council has devoted considerable