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 Kingston-upon-Thames]
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advice, for sanitary purposes over places and
houses that the Sanitary Authority have power to
regulate, with the nature and results of any proceedings
which may have been so required and
taken in respect of the same during the year. The
report shall also record the action taken by him
or on his advice, during the year, in regard to
offensive trades, to dairies, cowsheds and milk
shops, and to factories and workshops. The
report shall also contain tabular statements (on
Forms to be supplied by Us, or to the like effect),
of the sickness and mortality within the District,
classified according to diseases, ages and localities
(15). He shall give immediate information to Us of any
outbreak of dangerous epidemic disease within the
District, and shall transmit to Us a copy of each
annual report and of any special report. He shall
make a special report to Us of the grounds of any
advice which he may give to the Sanitary Authority
with a view to their requiring the closure of any
school or schools, in pursuance of the Code of
Regulations approved by the Education Department,
and for the time being in force.
(16). At the same time that he gives information to Us
of an outbreak of infectious disease or transmits to
Us a copy of his annual report or of any special
report, he shall give the like information or transmit
a copy of such report to the County Council
or County Councils of the County or Counties
within which his District may be situated.
(17). In matters not specifically provided for in this
order, he shall observe and execute any instructions
issued by Us, and the lawful orders and directions
of the Sanitary Authority applicable to his office.