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 Willesden]
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profits of such premises for a term of years of which
twenty-one years do not remain unexpired."
It is obvious that house to house inspection
preceded by twenty-four hours' notice to such
"owners" cannot proceed with despatch, while the
research necessary for the service of such notices will
quite preclude its application to systematic house to
house inspection.
The course which naturally suggests itself is
to proceed under the ordinary powers of entry as at
present, and in those cases where action under the
1909 Act appears the most suitable, to comply duly
with the requirements of the Act, ab initio. The
point is one on which you will probably desire to
have the opinion of your legal advisers.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
William Buker