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TO HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND
COUNCILLORS OF THE COUNTY BOROUGH
OF WEST HAM.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you my Annual Report
on the work of the Public Health Department for the year 1925.
In accordance with the desire of the Ministry of Health,
as contained in Circular 648, this Report is a survey one, dealing
with the past five years. The principal changes which have
taken place during that time are set out under their respective
headings.
During the year, the following important and far-reaching
Public Health measures have come into force:—
A. The Public Health Act, 1925:
B. The Public Health (Meat) Regulations:
C. The Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act:
D. The Tuberculosis Order, 1925:
E. The Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis)
Regulations and
F. The Housing Act, 1925.
In order to carry out the extra legislation laid upon this
Department in connection with the above-named Acts and
Regulations, it was found necessary to appoint two additional
officers (a Meat Inspector and a Veterinary Surgeon—who also
acts as a Meat Inspector).
During the period under review a very comprehensive coordination
has been established between this Department and the
ancillary health services in the district and in the contiguous
areas, also a further linking up of the work between the various
sub-departments, especially in respect to Maternity and Child
Welfare, Tuberculosis, and the School Medical Service.
In June, 1925, the Public Health Committee considered
it advisable to replace the present obsolete
and unhygienic method of collection of House Refuse
by establishing a system of combined motor and horse
traction (Pagefield System). In order, however, to
co-ordinate this in the closest possible way with the cleansing
of the Highways and Streets, it was agreed at a joint meeting
of the Public Health Committee and the Highways and Parks
Committee to transfer the responsibility for the collection of
house refuse to the Borough Engineer's Department, In the