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To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury.
His Worship the Mayor :
Councillor ihe Rev. Prebendary G. H. Perry, M.A., J.P.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit herewith the Annual Report on
the Public Health and Sanitary conditions of the Borough of
Finsbury for the year 1907. It is drawn up in accordance with
the instructions of the Local Government Board, and contains
a record of the work of the Department, as carried out under the
Public Health Committee. A Report on Factories and Workshops,
required by the Home Office, is incorporated.
In response to the wish of the Council for a shorter Report
than that of last year, I have greatly curtailed certain sections and
also the Report generally, so that it is not so full as usual on that
account. I may remind the Council that during the last fortnight
of December, 1907, Dr. Charles Porter succeeded me as Medical
Officer of Health.
I desire to take this last opportunity of expressing my grateful
appreciation of the support and assistance I have received from
the Chairman and Members of the Public Health Committee of
the Council during the year. I should like also very heartily
to acknowledge the admirable work and loyal co-operation of
the staff of the Department, not only during the year 1907 but
during the whole time I have had the honour of serving the
Council as their Medical Officer of Health. The results set
out in the following Report do them the greatest credit, and
should prove to them the highest incentive and encouragement.
I am,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
GEORGE NEWMAN,
Medical Officer of Health [1907).
Public Health Department,
Town Hall, Rosebery Avenue, E.C.
4th February, 1908,