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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(i) A statement as to the privy, water-closet, and other
closet accommodation in the District, including information as to
the approximate number of each type of privy and closet.
(k) A statement as to the character and efficiency of the
arrangements for the removal of house-refuse, and the cleansing
of earth closets, 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.