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Medical Officer, and Mr. Foot and I have visited nearly six hundred
houses together, in order to verify the Inspectors' reports that the
nuisances existed, and that the notices had been disobeyed. Each
case was considered on its merits, and our joint opinion was laid
before the Committee.
As a result of all this care and attention not a single summons
has been dismissed, and Mr. Foot has recovered all costs with the
exception of six shillings, a record difficult to beat. The increased
activity of the Department of course materially augments the work
of your Medical Officer, but I now attend at Worship Street with a
feeling of absolute contentment and certainty that every preliminary
step has been correctly taken, and every legal formality complied
with.
I cannot conclude this report without expressing my warm
admiration of the manner in which Mr. Foot has carried out the
arduous duties of his responsible position; he has shewn tact, command
of temper, and administrative faculties of a very high order,
and has devoted himself with a single mind to the interests of the
parish. I trust that the Vestry will recognize the good work Mr.
Foot has accomplished by a substantial increase to his present very
inadequate salary.
I have the honor to be Gentlemen,
Your very obedient servant,
Medical Officer of Health for St. Matthew, Bethnal Green.