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EXTRACT FROM THE ORDER OF THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT BOARD.
23rd March, 1891.
Duties.
Art. 18. The following shall be the duties of the Medical
Officer of Health in respect of the District for which he is
appointed.
(1). He shall inform himself as far as practicable
respecting all influences affecting or threatening
to affect injuriously the public health within the
District.
(2). He shall inquire into and ascertain by such means
as are at his disposal the causes, origin and
distribution of diseases within the District, and
ascertain to what extent the same have depended
on conditions capable of removal or mitigation.
(14). He shall also make an annual report to the Sanitary
Authority, up to the end of December in each
year, comprising a summary of the action taken,
or which he has advised the Sanitary Authority
to take, during the year for preventing the spread
of disease, and an account of the sanitary state of
his District generally at the end of the year. The
report shall also contain an account of the inquiries
which he has made as to conditions injurious to
health existing in the District, and of the proceedings
in which he has taken part or advised
under any Statute, so far as such proceedings
relate to those conditions; and also an account
of the supervision exercised by him, or on his