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Southwark 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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suited only for employments in which no call is made on their reserve
strength.
The continuance of the war has added greatly to the usefulness of
the dispensary, and the extra work has been done cheerfully and ungrudgingly
by all concerned.
My thanks are due to my staff for their steady energy, and to the
Public Health Department, Pensions Board and Care Committee, for
their co-operation in making the problem of the prevention and elimination
of Tuberculosis nearer solution.
I have pleasure in appending a number of tables which epitomise the
work accomplished in the year.
I am, Sir and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
HORACE WILSON,
Tuberculosis Officer.