Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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To the Chairman and Members of the Vestry
of St. James's, Westminster.
Vestry Hall, Piccadilly,
June, 1873.
Reverend Sir, My Lords, and Gentlemen,
In presenting one more General Report of
the Works executed in the Surveyor's Department,
but little need be added beyond the general lists of
the main works executed; the matters carried out
in this Department differ in some respects from the
others, that inasmuch as they all involve an expenditure
of the Public or Ratepayer's money, it
necessarily follows that in any well regulated
establishment, all expenditure is carefully considered
and arranged beforehand, and the Vestry of
St. James's—especially their Works Committee,
in whom a large amount of confidence is most justly