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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Vestry Clerk. Charles William Tagg, 1881, £400 to
£550. £400.
To act as Vestry Clerk, Clerk to Trustees of Charity
Estates, Clerk to Assessment Committee, Clerk to the
Commissioners of Public Baths and Wash-houses, Clerk to
the Commissioners of Public Libraries, and Burial Board.
To attend Meetings of Justices in Petty Session, of the
Vestry, the Commissioners above mentioned, and such other
meetings as may be required. To supervise and control
the work and staff connected with the above bodies; to
conduct the correspondence and other business arising
therefrom. To devote whole of time to duties, to report to
the Committee dealing with any subject upon resolutions
passed by the Vestry and which have not been carried out
within three months from the time of passing, to open and
sign all letters received or despatched from the Vestry
Hall.
The Vestry Clerk shall have the charge and custody
of, and be responsible for, the deeds, records and documents
of the Vestry, Board of Churchwardens and Overseers,
Assessment Committee, Charity Trustees, Charity
Distribution Committee, Burial Board, Commissioners of
Public Baths and Wash-houses and Gymnasiums, Commissioners
of Public Libraries and Museums, and shall
perform all such duties as may be prescribed for the
Clerks of such Boards.
He shall sign all documents; conduct all correspondence
(opening and signing all letters); arrange, supervise
and control the staff carrying on the work of the above
named bodies; and cause to be prepared free of charge to
the Contractors, Collectors and Officers or their Sureties,
all Contracts and Bonds (the cost of the stamps to be