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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Drainage, Sewerage, Removal of Dust, Sanitary Improvements,
Removal of Nuisances, all references from
the Metropoliian Board of Works, relating to Sewerage,
and to carry out the provisions of all Acts of Parliament
relating to the Public Health, and shall from time to time
report thereon to the Vestry.
18. A Committee consisting of a like number of
Members for the respective Wards shall also be appointed
as in the pieceding Bye Law, which shall inquire into all
questions of Paving, Lighting, Scavengering, Watering,
General Purposes, and all References from the Metropolitan
Board of Works, other than those relating to
Sewerage, and superintend the execution thereof, and
shall from time to time report to the Vestry.
19. A Committee shall also be appointed, to consist
of Twenty-two Members, from the several Wards in the
following proportions :—
Wards 1, 2, 3—Three Members each
,, 4 and 5—Four Members each
,, 6—Five Members
to which all questions of Finance, Law and Parliamentary
Business shall be referred. and shall from time to time
report thereon to the Vestry.
20. The Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor,
who are Members of the Vestry, and the representatives
of the Vestry at the Metropolitan Board of Works, and
the respective Chairmen of the preceding Committees,
shall be cx-officio Members of each Committee.
21. All bills of contractors or tradesman in the
department of the Surveyor shall be certified by him and
he shall be held responsible for the correctness of the
measurement and charges therein ; and all other bills
shall be certified by the Accountant, and when so certified
and approved by the respective Committees from which