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Paddington 1889

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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48
REPORT, 1889-90.
XIX.— REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF
HEALTH.
The Annual Report on matters relating to the
Health of the Parish and the Sanitary Department
of the Vestry, was presented to the Yestry by the
Medical Officer of Health, Dr. James Stevenson.
This Report, the Fifteenth Annual Report by
Dr. Stevenson, was ordered by the Yestry to be
included in the Annual Report of the Yestry, and is
given in full in Appendix No. I.
During the preparation of the Yestry Report the
Annual Report Committee passed the following
Resolution:— That the attention of the Medical
Officer be called to 25 & 26 Vic., cap. 102, sec. 43,
and 18 & 19 Vic., cap. 120, sec. 132, and that he be
requested to report what steps he has taken with
reference to the ventilation of Churches, Chapels,
Lodging Houses, and other public edifices."
Upon which the Yestry Clerk reported to the
Committee as follows:—" The Medical Officer stated
that he had taken no action this year as to reporting
upon the ventilation of Churches, &c."