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During the year statements have again appeared in the Press making
allegations as to the widespread existence of insanitary conditions and
slum areas in the borough. It is of great assistance to a Local Authority to
have an intelligent interest in sanitary matters taken by the inhabitants,
but the object is defeated when exaggerated statements are made. Some
of the statements appeared to be due to a misunderstanding of the facts
upon which the statements were based; others to conscious and deliberate
exaggeration.