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LONDON GOVERNMENT ACT, 1899.
A few words may be said with respect to the manner in which the above Act will
affect Shoreditch as far as the Public Health Department is concerned. The Act
which will come into operation in November of the current year, makes it the duty of
the Borough Council which is to be constituted to enforce within the Borough the
bye-laws and regulations for the time being in force with respect to dairies and milk,
slaughterhouses, knacker's yards, and offensive businesses. In addition to enforcing
the bye-laws and regulations with respect to dairies, the registration of dairymen is
transferred from the County Council to the Borough Council. These duties have
hitherto been carried out by the London County Council, the duties of the Vestry
with respect to premises used for the purposes of the above-mentioned businesses
having been confined to keeping the same under inspection from time to time with a
view to the prevention or abatement of nuisances liable to be dealt with summarily
under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891. The New Act will necessitate a very
considerable increase in the amount of attention bestowed upon these premises by the
sanitary staff; more constant supervision will be required in order to secure that the
various bye-laws and regulations shall be duly complied with and the work of the
Public Health Department will be correspondingly increased. It appears to me that
it will be necessary for the New Borough Council to consider whether the present
sanitary staff will be sufficient to cope with the increased duties they will be called
upon to perform.
I have again to express my satisfaction with the manner in which the officers of
the Public Health Department have discharged their duties, and my thanks to the
chairman and members of the Public Health Committee for the assistance I have
received from them in connection with the work of the past year.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
LEWIS T. FRASER BRYETT,
Medical Officer of Health.