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To the Chairman and Members of the
Bar net Rural District Council.
Mr. Chairman, Madam and Gentlemen,
I trust that I shall not be censured in your minds when I
say that it is not without some pride that I submit my first
annual report, containing particulars of the work carried out
during the year ended the thirty-first day of December, 1939.
Carlyle has said that the only happiness a brave man ever
troubled himself with asking much about was happiness enough
to get his work done. It has been my exceeding good fortune,
since entering your service, to find colleagues who are anxious
to render assistance and advice and a Council unreluctant to
afford me every encouragement. I too have gleaned some of
the happiness which is his who can get his work done, but I
should be churlish indeed if I did not acknowledge that this has
been made possible by your support and by the co-operation
of my colleagues.
The work of the public health department is of such a
nature that it is seldom possible for immediate tangible results
to be shown, but none the less vital seeds are being sown which
will yield abundant harvest in course of time.
I commend my report to your indulgent perusal and have
the honour to remain,
Mr. Chairman, Madam and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
A, D. S. Blackhall.