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Islington 1885

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]

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33
VESTRY OF ST. MARY, ISLINGTON,
(SANITARY DEPARTMENT.)
REGULATIONS
AS TO THE WORK OF THE
INSPECTORS of NUISANCES&SANITARY INSPECTORS.
1. To carry out all inspections arising out of sanitary or other
complaints received at tlie offices, and those deemed necessary by the
Medical Officer of Health, or Superintendent, 011 account of death,
outbreaks of disease, and for disinfection or registration, and other
purposes. These inspections and all re-inspections of premises where
works are required, will be most conveniently carried out on Monday,
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in each week. To take
proceedings at the police-court when necessary.
2. The cow-houses, slaughter-houses, and bakehouses to be
inspected every three or four months, under the direction of the
Medical Officer of Health, or of the Superintendent. Upon each
occasion the whole should be inspected within as short a time as possible,
and those requiring to be cleansed, &c., are then to be re-visited
in the ordinary course.
3. The systematic inspection of houses in the poorer localities of
the Parish to be carried out when practicable, one day in each week,
Tuesday generally being the best day for that purpose; all such
inspections to be carried out under the direction of the Medical Officer
of Health, or of the Superintendent. The Inspectors will make note
on all occasions of any accumulations of dust at the houses which they
visit.
(For full instructions see Inspection Sheets.)