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APPENDIX NO. 1.
THE ANNUAL REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
From March 25th, 1889, to December 31st, 1889.
To the Chairman and Members of the Rotherhithe Vestry:—
Gentlemen,
It will be observed that this Report is for a period of nine months, instead
of being, as heretofore, for twelve. The alteration has been made in consequence of a request
coming from the London County Council, conveyed in the following terms:—
The London County Council has had under consideration the Annual Reports
of Medical Officers of Health, acting within the County, and it finds that while
these Reports in most Districts are made to the end of December, in a very few
instances they are made to the end of March.
Since the passing of the Local Government Act, the Local Government Board
has issued an Order prescribing the duties of all Medical Officers of Health appointed
alter the passing of the Act, and this Order requires that the Reports of these Officers
should be made to the end of December.
The Council desires to express the hope that your Vestry will co-operate with
the Council in its efforts to procure at once uniform statistical Reports for the
whole County, and that they will give instructions for the Annual Report of their
Medical Officer of Health to be made for the year ending December 31st,