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Public Health Offices,
Town Hall,
Greenwich, S.E.10
April, 1937.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is my privilege to present the Annual Report for the year
1936 compiled in accordance with instructions contained in Circular
1561 of the Ministry of Health.
I have the honour as head of the Public Health Department,
to succeed Dr. Macdonald, who retired during the year after
seventeen years in the Council's service. During his three years
as Medical Officer of Health, the Council's progressive policy was
reflected by extension in all Health services. Notable additions
were the establishment of Foot Clinics and the opening of two
new Welfare Centres. Increasing activity in Housing and Food
Inspection led to the appointment of specially qualified Inspectors
for these purposes.
It is fitting therefore, that I should pay tribute to a
predecessor who shares responsibility for the year's work outlined
in the following Report and whose personality has left its impression
on the Health Services of the Council.
Dr. E. G. Annis, the Council's first Medical Officer of Health,
also merits montion inasmuch as he saw the growth and shaped
the destiny of the Department from the Century's beginning to
recent years.
The mantle of Office worn by two such predecessors is no
light one to assume and were it not for the loyal and generous
support given by each member of the Staff, my task would be over
burdensome.
In addition to increasing work devolving on the department
generally following recent legislation, the close of the year saw
preparations for the evacuation of the Borough Hall Offices and