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Paddington 1887

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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B. All payments for weekly wages shall be reported to
the Vestry at the meeting next after such payment has been
made.
C. All payments of £5 and upwards shall be made by
cheque, payable to order, and no such payment, except for
weekly wages, shall be made till the account has been recommended
by the Finance Committee, and ordered for payment by
the Vestry, and all cheques shall be signed by three members
of the Vestry, and countersigned by the Vestry Clerk.
23.
PUBLIC HEALTH STATUTES.
A. The Sanitary Committee shall be the Committee appointed
by the Vestry to exercise the powers and act for the
purposes mentioned in the fifth section of the Nuisances
Removal Act for England, 1855 (18 and 19 Vict. c. 121).
B. The Medical Officer shall be competent to put in force
the 22nd sec. of the Sanitary Act, 1866 (29 and 30 Vict. c. 90),
for enforcing the disinfection of premises in all cases where, in
his opinion, the same shall be requisite.
C. The Inspectors of Nuisances shall be "Sanitary Inspectors"
for the purposes of the Nuisances Removal Acts and
Sanitary Acts and the Public Health Acts.
D. The Medical Officer, and at least one Inspector of
Nuisances, shall attend all meetings of the Vestry when sanitary
questions appear on the notice paper convening the meeting of
the Vestry, and each of them shall be furnished with a copy
of such notice paper.
24.
APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS.
A. At every election to an office of pecuniary profit under
the Vestry, each member present and voting shall record his
vote on a slip of paper, whereon shall be written the member s
name and that of the candidate for whom he votes. If there