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Health machinery, i.e., the administrative Public Health Departments
of Sanitary Authorities, with such additional help as
may be found necessary.
The value of the systematic medical inspection of school
children cannot be over-estimated from the point of view of
public health, as, by such means, diseases or constitutional
defects, in their early stages, will be detected, and can be, at such
early stages, the better treated or dealt with. Ths result, in
years to come, will undoubtedly be the improvement of the race,
physically and mentally. That such systematic medical examination
of children is needed is shown by the recent reports
that have appeared, dealing with the results of the examinations
of infants and others attending schools.
For further particulars see special Report in the Appendix to
this Report, p. 75.
IMPORTANT DRAINAGE CASES.
1. Appeal to the London County Council against the
Order of the Sanitary Department.
Notice was given to the Town Clerk that Mr. Harrison (the
owner of Nos. 3 and 13, Hercules Road) was appealing to the
Committee of the London County Council with reference to
Notices and Orders made upon him by the Lambeth Borough
Council. Mr. Harrison stated that the Appeal, as regards the
drains, was under Section 211 of the Metropolis Management
Act of 1855, and, as regards the water closet, under Section 41
of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891. The Appeal was
heard at the offices of the London County Council on Tuesday,
10th December, 1907, at eleven o'clock, when the Medical
Officer attended, with the Sanitary Inspector, on behalf of the