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Public Health Department,
Town Hall,
Haverstock Hill,
Hampstead, N.W.3.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit to you my Annual Report upon the
state of the public health in the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead
for the year 1938. This report is the thirty-eighth of the series.
Staff
Mr. John Grimsley, who had been a Sanitary Inspector in the
Department since 1902, retired on Superannuation in November and
Mr. W.F. Newport, Sanitary Inspector of the Borough of Twickenham,
was appointed to fiill the vacancy. Mr. E. Stratton, who had
served since 1907 as an Assistant to the Sanitary Inspectors, retired
on superannuation in June, his place being filled by Mr. F. C. Cobb.
Miss Montague, shorthand-typist resigned in June, her place being
filled by Miss M. E. Alexander.
Miss Blakeman was retired on superannuation in September owing
to ill-health. Miss Blakeman, who was senior woman clerk in the
Maternity and Child Welfare Section, had served in the Public Health
Department since 1915; she had been a highly conscientious and
indefatiguable worker and had assisted in the development of the
Maternity and Child Welfare services of the Department since their
inception. Her retirement was an appreciable loss to the Council and
to her colleagues. Miss B. C. Tucker, of the Public Health Department,
Royal Borough of Kensington, was appointed in her place and
commenced duty on 1st November.
The Council also agreed to appoint an additional Sanitary
Inspector and an additional clerk.
Air Raid Precautions.
The importance of this work has become so manifest that I have
considered it advisable to add an additional section to the report
dealing with this subject.