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(2.) He shall inquire into and ascertain by such means as are at his disposal the causes, origin, and distribution of diseases within the District, and ascertain to what extent the same have depended on conditions capable of removal or mitigation.
(3.) He shall by inspection of the District, both systematically at certain periods, and at intervals as occasion may require, keep himself informed of the conditious injurious to health existing therein.
(4.) He shall be prepared to advise the Sanitary Authority on all matters affecting the health of the District, and on all sanitary points involved in the action of the Sanitary Authority; and in cases requiring it, he shall certify, for the guidance of the Sanitary Authority, or of the Justices, as to any matter in respect of which the Certificate of a Medical Officer of Health or a Medical Practitioner is required as the basis or in aid of sanitary action. (5.) He shall advise the Sanitary Authority on any question relating to health involved in the framing and subsequent working of such byelaws and regulations as they may have power to make. (6.) On receiving information of the outbreak of any contagious, infectious, or epidemic disease of a dangerous character within the District, he shall visit the spot without delay and inquire into the causes and circumstances of such outbreak, and advise the persons competent to act as to the measures which may appear to him to be required to prevent the extension of the disease, and, so far as he may be lawfully authorized, assist in the execution of the same.
(7.) On receiving information from the Inspector of Nuisances that his intervention is required in consequence of the existence of
any nuisance injurious to health or of any overcrowding in a house, he shall, as early as practicable, take such steps authorized by the Statutes in that behalf as the circumstances of the case may justify and require.
(8.) In any case in which it may appear to him to be necessary or advisable, or in which he shall be so directed by the Sanitary Authority, he shall himself inspect and examine any animal, carcase, meat, poultry, game, flesh, fish, fruit, vegetables, corn, bread, or flour, exposed for sale, or deposited for the purpose of sale or of preparation for sale, and intended for the food of man, which is deemed to be diseased, or unsound, or unwhole- some, or unfit for the food of man; and if he finds that such animal or article is diseased, or unsound, or unwholesome, or unfit for the food of man, he shall give such directions as may be necessary for causing the same to be seized, taken, and carried away, in order to be dealt with by a Justice according to the provisions of the Statutes applicable to the case,
(9.) He shall perform all the duties imposed upon him by any byelaws and regulations of the Sanitary Authority, duly confirmed, in respect of any matter affecting the public health, and touching which they are authorized to frame byelaws and regulations. (10.) He shall inquire into any offensive process of trade carried on within the District, and report on the appropriate means for the prevention of any nuisance or injury to health therefrom.
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(11.) He shall attend at the office of the Sanitary Authority, or at some
other appointed place, at such stated times as they may direct. (12.) He shall from time to time report, in writing, to the Sanitary Authority, his proceedings, and the measures which may require to be adopted for the improvement or protection of the public health in the District. He shall in like manner report with respect to the sickness and mortality within the District, so far as he has been enabled to ascertain the same.
(13.) He shall keep a book or books, to be provided by the Sanitary Authority, in which he shall make an entry of his visits, and notes of his observations and instructions thereon, and also the date and nature of applications made to him, the date and result of the action taken thereon, and of any action taken on previous reports, and shall produce such book or books, whenever required, to the Sanitary Authority.
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(14.) He shall also prepare an annual report, to be made to the end of December in each year, comprising tabular statements of the sickness and mortality within the District, classified according to diseases, ages, and localities, and a summary of the action taken during the year for preventing the spread of disease. report shall also contain an account of the proceedings in which he has taken part or advised under the Sanitary Acts, so far as such proceedings relate to conditions dangerous or injurious to health, and also an account of the supervision exercised by him, or on his advice, for sanitary purposes over places and houses that the Sanitary Authority has power to regu- late, with the nature and results of any proceedings which may have been so required and taken in respect of the same during the year.
It shall also record the action taken by him, or on his advice, during the year, in regard to offensive trades, bake- houses, and workshops.
(15.) He shall give immediate information to the Local Government Board of any outbreak of dangerous epidemic disease within the District, and shall transmit to the Board, on forms to be provided by them, a Quarterly Return of the sickness and deaths within the District, and also a copy of each annual and of any special report.
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(16.) In matters not specifically provided for in this Order, he shall observe and execute, so far as the circumstances of the District may require, the instructions of the Local Government Board on the duties of Medical Officers of Health, and all the lawful orders and directions of the Sanitary Authority applicable to his office. (17.) Whenever the Diseases Prevention Act of 1855 is in force within the District, he shall observe the directions and regulations issued under that Act by the Local Government Board, so far as the same relate to or concern his office.
(18.) Where more than one Medical Officer of Health shall be appointed by a Sanitary Authority, such Authority, with the approval of the Local Government Board, may either assign to each of the Officers a portion of the District, or may distribute the duties of Medical Officer of Health amongst such Officers.
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