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CLERICAL WORK OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH
DEPARTMENT.
The Clerical Work of the Department has been most
efficiently performed by Mr. H. E. Curtis, the Chief Clerk,
and Messrs. Howe and James.
The correspondence relating to various health matters has
been exceptionally heavy during the year, and the evening
Committee meetings have necessitated from time to time work
after the ordinary office hours.
The following tabular statement summarises, as far as
practicable, the clerical labours of the Department:-
1905.
Number of Notifications of Infectious Disease,
entered in Register, copied and sent to the
Metropolitan Asylums Board and Schools,
receipt acknowledged and filed 700
Number of Complaints of Nuisances received
acknowledged, entered in Nuisance Register
and filed 1,282
Number of letters despatched from the Department
3,723
Number of Council Orders issued 181
Number of Meetings of Public Health Committee
prepared for, attended, and Minutes
drafted and prepared for Printer 25
Number of Meetings of Public Health SubCommittees
prepared for, attended, and
Reports drafted and written 41
Plans Registered and approved by Public
Health Committee 419
Number of Cowkeepers, Dairymen, and Purveyors
of Milk Registered 343
THE MORTUARY AND CORONER'S COURT.
The Mortuary and Coroner's Court, a building which St.
Marylebone has good reason to be proud of and which has been
taken as a model by other places, was cleansed, painted and
generally done up during the year at a cost of .£33 by direction
of the Public Health Committee.
The Report of the Mortuary Keeper, Mr. Ellis, is as
follows:—