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require hospital treatment it is often very difficult to get them
admitted. When they are willing to go to a "home" there is always
a long waiting list. When they refuse to go away, the Borough
Council, on the receipt of a certificate from the Medical Officer
of Health, may apply to a court of summary jurisdiction for an
order for their removal to a suitable institution for a period not
exceeding three months.
It is no easy matter to decide when one is justified in issuing
a certificate as these unfortunate people are mostly frail creatures
who want nothing more than to be allowed to end their days in
what they are pleased to call their own homes. They have to
be removed or rather uprooted by force and the end usually comes
very soon afterwards.
It gives me much pleasure to acknowledge the excellent work
of all members of the staff and I would particularly mention the
skill and enthusiasm of all the Sanitary Inspectors in the campaign
for cleaner food.
I am.
Your obedient Servant,
A. A. TURNER,
Medical Officer of. Health.
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