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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster]
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register of the successful vaccination of any child born in
his district; and
(c) A payment of not less than ninepence in respect of the
transmission by him after the same date to the vaccination
officer of the district where the birth was registered of a
copy, certified by him, of the certificate of the successful
vaccination in his district of any child not born in the district
a note of which he shall have entered in column 17 of
his report book.
Subject to the above provisions as to minimum, the
amount of such payments shall be such as We may
approve or direct; and shall be increased or reduced, and
such additional payments shall be made for extraordinary
services of the vaccination officer, or under other unforeseen
circumstances, as we shall from time to time approve
or direct.
The remuneration of the vaccination officer shall be
deemed to include any expenses in respect of postage
incurred by him unless otherwise agreed between him and
the Guardians.
Factories and Workshops.
These have been regularly inspected during the year. In
one factory it was found necessary to have increased watercloset
accommodation. The Army and Navy Stores factory in
Johnson-street was duly inspected by me at the request of the
Public Health Committee, and all the sanitary arrangements
were found to be in a perfectly satisfactory condition. Messrs.
de Selincourt furnished extra water-closet accommodation for
their employees. The Incandescent Gas Light Company, on
request, also did likewise and supplied thermometers to gauge
the temperature of the workrooms, which in some of the rooms
was too high. Messrs. Woolland, of Knightsbridge, have been
requested to rearrange the w.c. accommodation during the
building operations which are now progressing.
Underground Rooms.
In two cases it was found necessary to serve notices as to
illegal occupation.
Peat Litter.
A communication was received from the London County
Council, dated 7th July, on the question as to whether the
nuisance arising from the use of peat litter is such as to render
it desirable that the Council should include such litter within
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