HH62/2/ROXBUR/5

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REPORT

MY work as Medical Officer of the County, and of the five
Districts of which it is composed, began on the 13th July
last. It has consisted, to a large extent, of inquiries into the
general sanitary condition and needs of the County, whilst
much time has been spent in visiting villages and farms, in
preparing bye-laws, and in attending the numerous meetings
of committees.
The services of the former medical officers and sanitary
inspectors have been, or shortly will be, dispensed with in
all the Districts, with the exception of Liddesdale, where the
local sanitary inspector has been continued in office.
I am not aware of what work was performed in the earlier
part of the year, and all work referred to in this report has
been done by Mr. Morris, Sanitary Inspector to the County
and Districts. It may, perhaps, be useful to enumerate the
different classes of work he has to attend to in an area of
663 square miles, and for a population of 26,605 persons :-

1. The inspection of dwellings, made when complaints
have been received, or when District Committees
order reports to be made.
2. The inspection of villages, which should be visited
quarterly, if not more frequently, to secure the
regular removal of refuse.