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must be recognised that this Report offers but meagre data to this
end. Wide tracts of health endeavour are not even included in the
scheme: the work of general practitioners, of medicine, for
example, receives no note.
But in following the lines laid down by the Ministry, several
positive gains in arrangement have been achieved, and one may be
mentioned. The subject of Housing is promoted to a main subheading.
No longer does it rub shoulders on equal terms with
Scavenging in the Table of Contents.
My observations on Housing in the body of the Report are
short, but they will be full of meaning to those who have any
intimate knowledge of the poorer homes of the Borough As
touching those matters which fall within the sphere of my department
and call for sustained consideration, no other responsibility
rests more heavily upon the Council, I would humbly submit,
than that of examining their powers and responsibilities under
the Housing Act, 1925.
I would sincerely thank the Members of the Committees I
have served for their consideration to me during the year.
I am very grateful also to my colleagues and all the Staff of the
Department for their consistent support.
I am, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
C. T. MAITLAND.
April, 1928.