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Complaints were made with reference to the engines on the
S.E. and Chatham Railway between Bromley South and Bickley
Stations, emitting smoke and ashes. The Railway Company
immediately took effective action to prevent a repetition of the
nuisance.
The desirability of making Infantile Ophthalmia a notifiable
disease under the Notification of Infectious Diseases Act
was considered by the Council, and Dr. W. J. Howarth, the
Kent County Medical Officer, was communicated with on the
subject.
As he stated that he had a scheme in hand dealing with
the matter, and as it was felt that it would be well that action
throughout the County should be uniform, further consideration
was postponed until Dr. Howarth should be prepared to
state his views. In the meantime, I have taken the opinions
of many of the medical men in the Borough, and I find that
the majority agree that the measure is not needed in Bromley.
Appended are my Report in relation to the Factory and
Workshops Act, and the Report of your Sanitary Inspector,
showing in detail the work executed during the year.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
ARTHUR P. G. CODD,
Medical Officer of Health.