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PHYSICAL DETERIORATION.
At the end of the year the Council had under consideration
the placard prepared by the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell,
with respect to Physical Deterioration and Alcoholism,
together with the effects of juvenile smoking. There
was a feeling in favour of making use of similar posters in
this Borough, but some opposition was experienced owing
to the doubt whether this measure came within the province
of the Council. After much discussion the matter has been
droooed for the present, but I hope that should it come up
again the proposition will receive good support. It seems
to me that such a measure, taken for the improvement of
the general health of the community concerns the Council
quite as much as the measures taken for the prevention of
Tuberculosis or Diarrhoea.
The posters deal not with the use of alcohol, but with its
abuse, and cannot be reasonably construed as an interference
with the lawful trade of the Licensed Victuallers, many of
whom I am convinced would not wish to oppose a measure
which attacks only the evils induced by the excessive use of
alcohol.
SANITARY WORK, NUISANCES, ETC.
In the course of the year many sanitary matters mostly
connected with nuisances of various kinds were brought to
my notice, and were dealt with in the usual manner. A record
of these will be found in the report of the Sanitary
Inspector.