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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Westminster 1857
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, The United Parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster]
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In conclusion I may perhaps be permitted to suggest, without in the
least desiring to exercise any control over any Officer appointed by your
Board, or in any manner interfering with the directing power of the
Board itself, but solely to prevent the necessity of nearly duplicate
reports emanating from your Medical Officer and the Sanitary Inspectors,
that while the Sanitary Inspectors should, as heretofore, keep records
of inspections and requirements open to the examination of your
Committees, that they should report weekly to your Medical Officer
everything which may require alteration, such requirements to be embodied
in his Report to the Board.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
BARNARD HOLT.