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 Acton]
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(g) A statement as to the pollution of rivers or streams
in the District.
(h) A statement as to the character and sufficiency of the
arrangements for the drainage, sewerage and sewage disposal
in all parts of the District.
(i) A statement as to the privy, water-closet and other
closet accomodation in the District, including information as to
the approximate number of each type of privy and closet.
(j) A statement as to the character and efficiency of the
arrangements for the removal of house-refuse, and the cleansing
of earthclosets, privies, ashpits, and cesspools in the District.
(k) A statement with regard to the housing accommodation
of the District as required by Article 5 of the Housing (Inspection
of District) Regulations, 1910, and an account of any other
action taken by the Council under the Housing, Town Planning,
&c. Act, 1909, bearing on the public health.
(I) A statement as to the vital statistics of the District,
including a tabular statement, in such form as We may from
time to time direct, of the sickness and mortality within the
District.
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.