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St Giles (Camberwell) 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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be analysed by the analyst appointed under the
Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875, and upon
receiving a certificate saying that the articles of
food, drink or drugs are adulterated, cause a
complaint to be made, and take the other proceedings
prescribed by that Act.
8. Whenever it appears to him that the intervention
of the Medical Officer of Health is necessary
in connection with any nuisance, he shall forthwith
inform such Officer thereof. He shall also, subject
to the directions of the Sanitary Authority, attend
to the instructions of the Medical Officer of Health
with respect to any measures which can be lawfully
taken by a Sanitary Inspector under the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, or under any other
statute or statutes.
9. He shall enter from day to day, in a book
to be provided by the Sanitary Authority, particulars
of his inspections and of the action taken by him in
the execution of his duties. He shall also keep a
book or books, to be provided by the Sanitary
Authority, so arranged as to form, as far as possible,
a continuous record of the sanitary condition of
each of the premises in respect of which any action
has been taken under the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891, or under any other statute or statutes,
and shall keep any other systematic records that the
Sanitary Authority may require.
10. He shall at all reasonable times, when
applied to by the Medical Officer of Health, produce
to him his books, or any of them, and render to him