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New Malden,
Surrey,
January, 1909.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
I have the pleasure in presenting my Twelfth Annual
Report on the Health and Sanitary Condition of the Urban District
of the Maidens and Coombe under your care, for the year ending
December 31st, 1908, together with a detailed report of the Sanitary
Inspector.
The growth of the district has necessitated several changes in
the officials and their duties.
In 1897, when I took over the work, the only assistance available
was from the Surveyor "when he was not otherwise engaged."
In 1901 the Surveyor was relieved of sanitary work, the dual
office of Building and Sanitary Inspector being created. Early in
this year, when the official work was being re-organised, it was
found that the sanitary work had so greatly increased and could
not be systematically followed, owing to a joint officer who was of
necessity most of his time engaged as Building Inspector, that a
new department was necessary in the interests of Public Health.
The Health Department is now constituted of the Medical
Officer of Health and a qualified Sanitary Inspector, who carry out
the full duties of the office as prescribed by the Orders of the
Local Government Board.
The work undertaken by the Department is of a varied and
multifarious character as required by modern sanitary legislation,
as follows:—
The duties under the General Orders of the Local Government
Board.
The Public Health Act, 1875, and the Amendment Acts,
1890 and 1907.
The Rivers Pollution Prevention Acts, 1876 and 1893.
The Epidemic and Other Diseases Prevention Act, 1883,
with the Infectious Diseases (Notification) Act and
Infectious Diseases (Prevention) Acts, 1889 to 1899.
The Housing of the Working Classes Acts, 1885 to 1903.
The Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 1886.