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By the Order of the Local Government Board, dated
March 23rd, 1891, article 18, section 14, it is prescribed that
the Medical Officer of Heath shall make an Annual Report to
the Sanitary Authority, up to the end of December in each
year, comprising a summary of the action taken, or which he
has advised the Sanitary Authority to take, during the year, for
preventing the spread of disease, and an account of the
sanitary state of his district generally at the end of the year.
The Report shall contain an account of the inquiries
which he has made as to conditions injurious to health existing
in the district, and of the proceedings in which he has taken
part or advised under any Statute, so far as such proceedings
relate to those conditions; and also an account of the supervision
exercised by him, or on his advice, for sanitary purposes,
over places and houses that the sanitary authority have power
to regulate, with the nature and results of any proceedings
which may have been so required and taken in respect of the
same during the year.
The Report shall record the action taken by him, or on his
advice during the. year, in regard to offensive trades, to dairies,
cowsheds and milkshops.
The Report shall also contain tabular statements (on
Forms to be supplied by us, or to the like effect) of the sickness
and mortality within the district, classified according to
diseases, age and localities.
In a memorandum issued by the Local Government Board.
in November 1908, it is recommended that the Report shall
deal with the extent, distribution and causes of disease within
the district; and should give an account of any noteworthy
outbreak of epidemic diseases during the year under review,
stating the result of investigations into their origin and
propagation, and the steps taken to check their spread.
As these Reports are for the information of the Local
Government Board, and of the County Council, as well as of
the Council of the District, a statement of the local circumstances
and a history of the local sanitary questions which
may seem superflous for the latter, may often be needed by the
former bodies.
Under section 132 of the Factory and Workshop Act,
1901, the Medical Officer of Health is also required in his
Annual Report to report specifically on the administration of
the Act, in workshops and workplaces, and to send a copy of
his Annual Report, or so much of it as deals with this subject,
to the Secretary of State.