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By a process of education and encouragement, the department
has kept up its efforts to maintain as high as possible a standard
of personal and food hygiene. The results of our efforts to
cncourage the clean handling of food must of necessity, be slow
in showing themselves, for most of the work is undertaken on a
personal basis, but if we can obtain the full support of the trade
and the public, benefit is bound to accrue to all concerned in the
long run. This must be considered as a combined operation hence
the need for obtaining the co-operation of all interested parties.
My final remarks will be addressed firstly to the Public Health
Committee, whom I should like to thank for their kindness and
thoughtfulness to me in the past, and whom I hope to serve to
their satisfaction for many years to come, and secondly, to the staff
of the department a special word of both thanks and praise for
the way they have all contributed towards keeping the flag flying
in a year so full of change and difficulty. Truly can it be said
that a good job has been well done.
I am,
Your obedient Servant,
JUNE, 1955.
H. B. C. CARTER-LOCKE.
Medical Officer of Health.