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Medical Officer of Health.
The Sanitary Committee reported to the Vestry on the 11th June, 1890, that
they had received a letter from the Local Government Board with reference to the
Annual Beport of the Medical Officer of Health, and that they had instructed
the Clerk to inform the Local Government Board that a copy of their letter
had been handed to the Medical Officer of Health to attend to; that the Yestry
were unable to send a copy of the Annual Beport, as it had not at present been
submitted to the Yestry; and further, that their Medical Officer of Health
stated that the delay was owing to the non-receipt of the Begistrar General's
Beturn re Births and Deaths up to the 31st December, 1889.
On the 1st October, 1890, the Sanitary Committee reported to the Yestry
that they had received a letter from the Local Government Board forwarding
copy of a letter received by them from the Mansion House Council on the Dwellings
of the Poor, with reference to a complaint made by the Council to the
Yestry regarding the condition of certain houses in Victoria and Bulow Boads,
and the Clerk was instructed to forward a certified copy of the Medical Officer
of Health's Beport on the subject to the Local Government Board for the
information of the Mansion House Council.
At the meeting of the Yestry, held on the 7th January, 1891, it was resolved :
"That the Yestry call upon Dr. Egan to resign his Medical Officership on the
31st March, 1891, and that the Local Government Board be so informed."
On the 21st January, 1891, the Clerk read a letter from the Local
Government Board, with reference to the resolution of the Yestry calling
upon Dr. Egan to resign, and asking to be informed under what circumstances the
Yestry passed the resolution, and pointing out that the Medical Officer of
Health could not be dismissed without their consent. It was resolved, that the
letter be referred to the Sanitary Committee to reply to, which was done on the
27th January, 1891, and it was reported to the Yestry on the 11th February,
1891, that the same had been replied to, when a resolution that the charges
made in the letter be printed and circulated amongst the members of the Yestry,
marked "Private and Confidential," was lost, 7 voting for and 22 against.
On the 18th February, 1891, the Clerk read to the Yestry a letter from the
Local Government Board, enclosing copy of a letter which the Board had
received from Mr. E. G. Easton, stating that the charges made against
Dr. Egan had not been confirmed by the Yestry, and asking for an explanation;
whereupon it was moved by Mr. Weatherley, and seconded by Mr.
Margrie, that the Clerk be instructed to forward to the Local Government
Board, a copy of the Yestry's resolution passed as under, that they have
approved of and instructed the Clerk to forward to the Local Government
Board the reply of the Yestry to their letter of the 14th January, 1891, with
reference to the Medical Officer of Health, to which an amendment was moved
by Mr. Easton, and duly seconded, that the Local Government Board be
informed that at the time of sending the charges to them the Yestrv had not
confirmed the charges, but that they have since confirmed them, but, that twothirds
of the members had not seen them or known their substance, but on being
put to the vote the amendment was declared lost, 6 voting for it and 30 against;
the original motion was then carried with the addition—and that the Local
Government Board be informed that their letter was referred by the Yestry to
the Sanitary Committee to reply to, and that the Sanitary Committee is a
committee consisting of the whole of the members of the Vestry.