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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Giles (Camden) 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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such an important measure being entered upon during the
existence of the present Parliament.
A very large amount of business has engaged the attention
of the Board and its various Committees, and an immense
amount of routine work has been got through. The follow
ing pages of this Report deal with some of the more important
matters, but it must not be imagined that they
contain a complete record of the year's proceedings.
The following are the particulars:—
| Board Meetings— | |
| Ordinary | 29 |
| Special | 8 |
| Total | — 37 |
| Committee Meetings- | |
| Finance | 22 |
| Law and Parliamentary | 7 |
| Sanitary | 14 |
| Special | 6 |
| Works | 27 |
| Total | — 76 |
| Making in all a Total of | 113 |
This list again shows an increase in the number of meetings
held, and the remarks that have been made on previous
recent occasions as to the length of time occupied are also
applicable to the present instance.
Changes in the Personnel of the Board,
During the year several gentlemen have ceased to be
members of the Board, and have been replaced by other