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Sanitary Inspectors range from four to five thousand in the course of the year. This
indicates a good average amount of work per Inspector, and in this respect Shoreditch
will bear comparison with the Metropolis generally. A decrease in the number of
Inspectors will inevitably be associated with a reduction in the amount of sanitary
work in the Borough.
The arrears of the war period have to a considerable extent been cleared up
but a good deal yet remains to be done in this respect. Having regard, therefore,
to the conditions under which so large a proportion of the people of Shoreditch are
living, and the general needs of the Borough from the point of view of sanitation,
I feel bound to state that I cannot accept the responsibility of advising your
Committee that the time is opportune for further reducing the number of Sanitary
Inspectors employed in the Borough. Whilst recognising the importance of economy
in public expenditure, your Committee will, I feel sure, agree that to endeavour to
save expense by measures likely to react to the prejudice of the health of the people
is much to be deprecated, and moreover may result in serious responsibility being
incurred by the Sanitary Authority.
I am, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
Lewis T. Fraser Bryett,
Medical Officer of Health.
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