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St Giles (Camberwell) 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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required; pay wages, prepare Vestry estimates and returns,
and keep the account books, &c., of the Vestry, Charity
Trustees, Charity Distribution Committee, the Public
Baths and Wash-houses, the Public Libraries and also
the Assessment Committee.
The Medical Officer
of Health.
48. The Vestry shall appoint one or
more Medical Officers of Health for the Parish. The
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Sect. 106 (i.)
The Medical Officer of Health shall be the head
of the Public Health Department. He shall advise in
respect to all sanitary matters, superintend and control
the Sanitary Inspectors; attend Meetings of the Vestry,
the Sewers and Sanitary (Public Health) Committee and
its Sub-Committees, and shall make an annual report to
the Vestry.
Assistant
Medical Officer.
49. The Assistant Medical Officer shall
act as Assistant to the Medical Officer of Health, lie
shall be the Chief Sanitary Inspector, and shall control
and direct the work of the Sanitary Inspectors as defined
by the Public Health Acts.
Public Analyst.
50. The duties of the Public Analyst
shall be to act as analyst under the Food and Drugs Acts
and Margarine Act. This appointment is subject to the
approval of the Local Government Board, and remuneration
is by fees as fixed by scale adopted by Vestry, 17th
November, 1875.
Chief Clerk of
Rating Department.
51. The principal Clerk of the Rating
Department shall be the head of the Department, and
attend all meetings of the Board of Churchwardens and