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privately owned dwellings are pegged at a level below that at which
the owner can " break even " after paying for the repair of dilapidations
which now cost upwards of three times what they cost
before the war. Many owners are old age pensioners or not far
above that economic level and they have neither the ready cash
to pay the bills nor the resources to raise it. It would be a relief
to know that the solutions of problems such as these were being
sought with the full intention of first ascertaining the remedy and
then putting it into force.
I am glad to record again the valuable work of the staff of the
Public Health Department, so much of which passes unnoticed
even by those who are most benefited. Again, too, it is a pleasure
to be able to express gratitude to the Chief Officers of the Council
and to thank the Public Health Committee and other members of
the Council for their assistance and advice during the past year.
I am, Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
July, 1951.
A.C.C.Thomson