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tained. The character and status of the inhabitants of the Borough
have undergone a change within the past three or four years. The
extension of quick and cheap transit facilities has been largely
responsible for this, and has given rise to a migration of a portion of
the more respectable working-class element. There are indications
that the places of the latter are being filled by a less desirable class
of the population. This change will necessitate an increased energy
in public health administration, as past experience has shown, and
points to the fact that the time is inopportune for considering a
reduction in the staff of the Health Department.
(Signed) G. Quin LENNANE,
Medical Officer of Health.
Circulated by Order of the Health Committee.
W. MARCUS WILKINS,
19th March, 1912. Town Clerk.