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Extract from the recent Memorandum of the Local
Government Board as to Annual Reports of Medical
Officers of Health.
As subjects concerning which the Board desire to obtain, through
Annual Reports of the Medical Officer of Health, not only
definite general information, but record also of particular
changes of condition that are occurring incidentally or by
action of the local authority, the following deserve to be
especially borne in mind:—
Physical features and general character of the District.
House accommodation, especially for the working class:
its adequacy and fitness for habitation. Sufficiency of
open space about houses and cleanliness of surroundings.
Supervision over erection of new houses.
Sewerage and drainage: its sufficiency in all parts of the
District. Condition of sewers and house drains.
Method or methods of disposal of sewage. Localities
where improvements are needed.
Excrement disposal: system in vogue ; defects, if any.
Removal and disposal of house refuse—whether by public
scavenger or occupiers : frequency and method.
Water supply of the District or its several parts: its
source (from public service or otherwise), nature (river
water, well water, upland water, &c.), sufficiency, wholesomeness,
and freedom (byspecial treatment or otherwise)
from risks of pollution.