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These, I know, are the views of your Sanitary Committee, and they
are the principles upon which I have always acted, since you
appointed me your officer. Moreover, Mr. Collingwood and your
sanitary inspectors have always acted on the principle to get the
necessary works done without the aid of law, no matter what
number of letters have to be written or calls to be made—letters and
calls for which we get very few thanks. Law is simply called in as
a last resource, and as a proof how very seldom that last resource is
required, I point you with some pride to the very few summonses
that have to be taken out under the auspices of the Sanitary
Department.
Expressing to Mr. Collingwood and to all the sanitary inspectors
my sense of the value of the services they have rendered the parish,
services which are no less real and arduous because they are quiet
and unobtrusive,
I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
C. MEYMOTT TIDY.
Sanitary Department.
Vestry Offices, Upper Street, N.
October, 1878.