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400 inmates), and that, too, practically without any interference
with the liberty of the lodgers.
8. The systematic inspection by the Female Inspector of the
work places of Out-workers throughout the Borough, and of the
houses wherein deaths from Infantile Diarrhoea have occurred,
has proved most satisfactory, and it remains for the Council to
continue and extend this important branch of sanitary administration.
4. The decision of the Council to burn its house refuse (in
part at least) in a Destructor instead of barging it away, thereby
effecting a sanitary and economical improvement, is wise.
5- The alterations and improvements effected during 1903 in
connection with the Underground Bakehouses situated within
the Borough, thereby reudering them suitable for use as bakehouses,
will benefit the health of a large number of workers.
The Staff (individually and collectively) has worked well during
the year, and this fact, coupled with the help and support that
has, at all times, been readily forthcoming from the Members of
the Public Health Committee, and of the Council generally, make
my official work both personally pleasing and of the maximum
value to the Borough.
My thanks are due not only to the Members of my own
immediate Staff, but also to the other Borough Officials (more
especially the Heads of Departments), who have helped me
from time to time in connection with my duties as Medical
Officer of Health.
I am, Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,