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the most crowded streets, an owner of a small piece of land, offered it
to the London County Council at a price not in excess of its building
value. It would have sufficed for a playground for the children, and
have added a few cells to the lungs which constitute our breathing
spaces. Your board offered to contribute £1000 towards the acquisition
of the land. The London County Council did not purchase it.
Whilst I am writing, Model Dwellings are being reared on it. Should
not Dr. Hamer's Report have been submitted to his Council for its
comments when it was forwarded to your Board for your observations?
Those who understand the District and its conditions can only
appreciate the requirements which are demanded for its effective
improvement—and I am happy to report that your Board have
resolved to add two Inspectors to your staff. Looking back, I am
reminded with gratitude of the liberality with which you have
acquiesced in my suggestions from time to time for more help.
Twelve years ago your staff consisted of Two Inspectors: well was
their work carried out. Now we shall have for the year 1895,
6 Inspectors, 1 Clerk, and 3 men employed in disinfection. May I
invite would-be critics to peruse the sheets in the Appendix to this
Report? If the immense results are considered, and if it were understood
how earnestly and well each of your Officers performed his
particular section of duty, I am sure that outsiders as well as yourselves
would be as satisfied with them as I am.
I have the honor to be,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
JOSEPH LOANE.