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 Camberwell]
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Churchwardens for the time being, who shall have
the duty of inquiring into all questions of Sewer,
Drainage, Improvements, Buildings, and of Health,
and shall from time to time report to the Vestry.
17.—That a Committee consisting of a like number
of members from the respective Wards be also
appointed as in the preceding Bye-Law, with the
Chairman of the Yestry and the Three Churchwardens,
who shall inquire into all questions of Paving, Lighting,
Scavengering, Watering, and General Purposes,
and shall from time to time report to the Yestry.
18—That a Committee be appointed to consist of
twelve members, two from each Ward, who shall
inquire into all questions of Finance, and from time to
time report to the Yestry.
19.—That the Overseers of this Parish, who are
members of this Vestry, be ex-officio members of the
various Committees.
20.—That all bills of contractors and tradesmen
shall be certified by the Surveyor, who shall be held
responsible for the correctness of the measurement
and charges therein, and when so certified, the same
shall be signed by the Chairman and two Members of
the respective Committees, from which the order has
emanated, and shall then be laid before the Finance
Committee, who shall report upon them to the Yestry
before they are paid.
21.—That six members of this Yestry be selected,
one from each Ward, for the purpose of signing
cheques, and that every cheque shall be signed by the