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???itherto urged it. But I confess that I think we cannot
???ow do without one. Such an officer would be able to tabulate
the certificates received, and to immediately transmit each
???ne, or a copy of it, to the Asylums Board; but he would also
???e continually in the Sanitary Office, where he could at all
times of the day receive and enter complaints and give
Information to applicants; and there is no doubt that he
would be able to save much of the time now devoted by the
Inspectors to clerical work, by keeping certain books, by
copying notices, and by performing various other items of
work. In fact there is ample useful work for such an
officer to perform, independently even of the Notification
Act.
J. S. BRISTOWE.
September 24th, 1889.
Letter of the Vestry Clerk sent with the following
Memorandum to every Medical Practitioner in the Parish.
Vestry Hall,
Camberwell, S.E.
19th October, 1889.
Sir,
I am directed by the Vestry of St. Giles, Camberwell,
to supply you with a copy of the Memorandum issued by
the Local Government Board in reference to your duties, and
with official forms of Certificate to be used by you in
accordance with the above Act, which comes in force on the
30th instant.
The infectious diseases to be notified, as enumerated in