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In particular, the new special grant applicable to houses in multiple
occupation, together with control provisions relating to schemes for the
registration of houses in multiple occupation, will be of great assistance in
dealing with this immense problem.
I am convinced that a scheme for the registration of houses in multiple
occupation covering the whole of the Borough, and incorporating the new
control provisions is necessary, not only to provide vital information, but to
enable measures to be taken to improve standards in these houses.
I am pleased to have this opportunity of thanking the Chairman and
members of the Health and Welfare Committee and other members of the
Council for their interest and support throughout the year. I am also most
grateful for the co-operation which I have received from Dr. A.B. Stewart,
Medical Adviser, Inner London Education Authority and his staff, and from my
fellow chief officers. I pay tribute to the excellent and, I believe, mutually
beneficial relationships which have continued with the family doctors and
hospitals in the area, particularly with St. Thomas' Hospital which is the
district hospital for a large part of the Borough. Lastly and perhaps most
important, I wish to express my deep sense of gratitude to the staff of my own
department for their able and willing help and support.
I am,
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
A.L. THROWER
Medical Officer of Health