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housing department, is doing everything possible to prevent new
cases of overcrowding and to relieve those found during routine
inspection of houses.
Yet another aspect of housing which has received due
attention is the early repair of minor sanitary defects—a most
important factor in maintaining a high standard of housing.
Good housing alone will not secure good health for a family
or for a community. Good health demands good living, in every
sense—hence the modern trend in public health effort, which
assumes good environmental hygiene, such as we have in
Hornsey, and emphasises the importance of personal hygiene.
This is a department presided over by the Maternity and Child
Welfare and Education Committees, in which much good work
has been done at the Schools, the Welfare Centres, the School
Clinic, and in the homes.
I wish to acknowledge the untiring efforts of the Voluntary
Workers at the Centres and the Care Committees attached to
the schools; also the close interest of the Health Committee and
the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee in the maintenance
of a high standard of health.
I am, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
E. P. GAEEOW.