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Public Health Department,
Advance 4831
Town Hall,
Bethnal Green, E.2.
May, 1959.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentleman,
I have the honour to submit my report on the health
and sanitary circumstances of the Borough for the year
1958.
Staff. At the beginning of the year, the Department was
still three short of its establishment of nine public health
inspectors. In April, one of the Inspectors left to take
up another appointment and for the remainder of the year
there were four vacancies. During the year, the Council
approved the appointment of a pupil public health inspector
for training with the Department.
The work of the Public Health Department is summarised
in the report which follows and the L.C.C. Divisional Medical
Officer, Dr. G.O. Mitchell, has again kindly supplied me
with some particulars of the personal health cervices which
are, of course, the responsibility of the London bounty
Council.
I am pleased to have this opportunity to thank the
Chairman and Members of the Public Health Committee for
their support and encouragement during the year. I am
also grateful to my colleagues in other departments for