Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Metropolitan Borough Council's Association.
13. The Mayor (Alderman Lorden), Councillor Anderson and
the Town Clerk were re-elected this Council's representatives
on the Metropolitan Borough Councils'
Association for the current year. Councillor Anderson
is the Council's representative on the Executive Committee
of such Association.
Metropolitan Water Board.
14. Councillor Lidiard was unanimously re-appointed the
Council's representative on the Metropolitan Water
Board for a period of three years from the 1st
June, 1907.
Wandsworth Technical Institute.
15.Councillor Campbell was appointed a Member of the
Governing Body of the Wandsworth Technical
Institute in the place ol Councillor Lance, whose
term of office expired on the 31st July, 1907.
Crippled Children.
16. The total sum received on the Wandsworth Borough List
in aid of the Lord Mayor's Cripples' Fund was
£631 16s. 2d. An audited statement was sent to
each subscriber, and the Council congratulated the ex-Mayor
(Councillor Wise) on the highly successful result of his efforts in
aid of the Fund.
Veterans Fund.
17. In February, 1908, the Mayor (Alderman Lorden) opened
a list for the Borough in aid of the Fund which was
being raised for the relief of the Indian Mutiny and
'Crimean Veterans, the proposal being that those who were in
Vorkhouses should be removed and given pensions, and that any
others who required it should be assisted so as to prevent their
going into the workhouse. The amount received on the Borough
list was £150 9s. 10d.
Putney Charities.
18. Councillor Radford was appointed to act in the administration
of the Henry Smith, Sir Abraham Dawes
Almshouses, and Benjamin Hunt Bigg Charities, in
the place of the late Mr. J. Maples.
Streatham Chanties.
19. Councillor Nutting was appointed a Representative
Trustee on the Body of Trustees to administer the
Streatham Non-Ecclesiastical Charities, in the place
of the late Mr. W. Dickinson.