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interfering with people's privacy would not be
attempted amongst the well-to-do. It is reserved for
the especial treatment of the poorer classes.
What is wanted to-day in the best interests of
London Health Administration, as well as General
Local Government, is, an enquiry into overlapping
authorities, a strict co-ordination of all public duties,
a simplification of procedure, the absolute ending of
divided responsibilities, and a complete suppression of
the costly impracticable faddist. In a word, we want
to end a system that provides an intolerable amount
of "Officialism" to a very small proportion of real
sound service to the public.
The following letter sent by direction of your
Committee, further illustrates the extent of this mischief
and the desirability of effecting some
co-ordination of duties and interests:—
"27th September, 1909.
G. R. Askwith, Esq.,
Board of Trade,
Gwydyr House,
Whitehall, S.W.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 24th instant, I beg to say that
I am quite sure that my Committee are most desirous of
forwarding any information in their possession that will
facilitate any inquiry by your Board or other Public Department,
and I have no doubt that instructions will be given for
the list required to be forwarded to you as soon as the same
can be prepared.