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 Bethnal Green]
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Duties of the Sanitary Clerk.
1.—His hours shall be from nine to one, and from two to five.
He shall keep the books of the Department, and make all entries
therein.
2.—Ho shall register infectious disease notification certificates,
and complaints of insanitary conditions, as received, and prepare
report sheets for each Inspector. When these sheets are returned
to him after inspection, he shall record the particulars of the same
in the proper columns of the registers.
3.—He shall answer such letters and make out such notices as
are dictated to him by the Inspectors, and invariably press copy
each letter and notice before transmission.
4.—He shall prepare daily two lists of the cases of infectious
disease reported to the department, one shall be left at the
residence of the Medical Officer for signature and transmission to
the Clerk of the Asylums' Board, tho other list shall be forwarded
to the Superintendent of School Board Visitors for the Hackney
District.
GEORGE PADDOCK BATE, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.