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BARK 44
TOWN HALL, BARKING,
ESSEX
October, 1951.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Borough of Barking.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Like a gramophone record which has been damaged or, if I may
say so, like a recurring decimal, I have to repeat, as I have said before,
how sorry I am that this Annual Report is so late.
I do apologise, but I would say in mitigation that our lives are becoming
more and more crowded and often it is taking me too long to do too
litte and it is becoming difficult, well nigh to the point of being impossible,
to keep up with things.
Old men always look back to the days of their youth and say they
were much better—they have always done so.
'hat I am trying to do is to look at this matter objectively—were
the old days better so far as administration is concerned or is it only that
I think them so? Unhesitatingly, I say I am very happy that so much of
my work was done when administration was much simpler and more
straightforward than it is to-day.
May I be permitted to apologise once again for this Report being
so 1ate.
I am,
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
Medical Officer of Health.