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played his or her part in the work as a whole. I should like particularly
to mention my deputy, Dr. Anderson Garland, who has been untiring
in giving me every support and I am most grateful to him for the
loyal and efficient way in which he has done so and for ensuring that
our contacts with other departments and outside bodies related to
our work have been close and harmonious. The Chief Sanitary
Inspector, Mr.F.H.Chuter, has been most assiduous in his efforts to
make available to me his extensive experience of sanitary work in
general, and of problems connected with the Borough in particular,
and I am most appreciative of the great help he has given me.
To everyone concerned, therefore, I would like to express my
warmest thanks and appreciation for making my first year's work in
Battersea as much a pleasure as it has been a privilege. Eighteen months
is not a very long time and I have been deliberately cautious in making
this interim statement. My feeling at the moment is that certainly
the foundations of a permanent success have been laid and if the very
happy spirit of team-work, which has so far permeated the whole of
our efforts at all levels, can be continued, I see no reason why this
method of public health administration should not in this area prove
to be highly successful.
I have the honour to be, Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
J. TUDOR LEWIS,
Medical Officer of Health.
May, 1953.