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St Pancras 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]

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Article VII.—The Sanitary Authority may, at their discretion, suspend any
Health Visitor from the discharge of her duties. The suspension may be
removed by the Sanitary Authority, and in that case the Health Visitor shall
orthwith resume the performance of her duties.
Duties.
Article VIII.—In addition to the duties specified in the Act as the purpose
for which a Health Visitor may be appointed, the duties of every Health
Visitor shall be as follows; that is to say—
(1) The Health Visitor shall, in relation to each person visited, enter on
a suitable card or in a book to be called "the Health Visitor's
Report Book," all such particulars as the Sanitary Authority or
the .Medical Officer of Health require to be ascertained and
recorded, and shall submit the cards or Health Visitor's Report
Book to the Sanitary Authority or tne Medical Officer of Health
so often and at such times as may be required, and, subject to
the directions of the Medical Officer of Health, shall keep the
cards arranged so that any card may be readily available for
reference at any time when the card is not in use for the purpose
of a visit.
(2) The Health Vi.itor shall, under the direction of the Medical Officer
of Health, discharge such duties, not being duties of a Sanitary
Inspector, as may be assigned to her by the Sanitary Authority
in connection with and for the purposes of the administration by
the Sanitary Authority of any public and general Act or local
and personal Act under which powers are conferred or duties are
imposed upon the Sanitary Authority with respect to matters
relating to public health, the housing of the working classes, and
the notification of births, or of any by.laws or regulations made
under any such Act.
(3) Toe Health Visitor shall discharge such duties in substitution for,
or in addition to, any duties assigned to her under the paragraph
numbered (2) in this Article in connection with any of the Acts,
by.laws or regulations mentioned in that paragraph, or in con.
nection with other Acts, by.laws or regulations as may be
prescribed by Us, whether generally, by further regulations made
by Us in pur uance of the Art, or, in the case of any particular
Health Visitor, by an Instrument issued by Us in that belief
under Our Hand and Seal.
(4) The Health Visitor shall observe and execute, in regard to matters
not specifically provided for in this Order, any such instruction
issued by Us, and any such order or direction of the Sanitary
Authority or the Medical Officer of Health as may be applicable
to her office.
Salary.
Article IX.—The Sanitary Authority shall pay to every Health Visitor
such salary as may be approved by Us: