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Camberwell 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.

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urgent importance of continuing in force some legal enactment,
requiring registration, that will prevent the renewal of the periods
of disorder which existed prior to the passing of the Unemployed
Workmen Act.
Though the Central (Unemployed) Body may not have felt
satisfied with the amount of work they have been able to provide, it
is more by reason of the financial restrictions imposed, requiring
such a large proportion of the cost to be contributed by the Local
Authorities providing the work, than the number of deserving cases
that require help: these always having been largely in excess of
those assisted.
W. H. H. ELLIOTT, Chairman.
JAMES BUCKLAND, Vice-Chairman.
C. WILLIAM TAGG, Town Clerk.
GEORGE SISMAN, Clerk to the Committee.