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A family without a house is a family without a home, and,
however one may look at this very vexed question, whether
from the viewpoint of health or from the social happiness and
security of our people, the consequences are serious.
The Sanitary Inspectors investigated in 1945 the living conditions
of 494 families. 92 families of 244 persons were living
in one room each family ; 264 families of 761 persons were living
in two rooms each family ; of the balance of 138 families 35
families were living more than two persons per room, and these
figures are not complete.
The year saw, too, the coming into operation of the Education
Act, 1944, whereby Bromley undertook Divisional Administration
as defined by the Minister of Education.
The staff have continued to give efficient and loyal service,
and it is to them that I am indebted for any success obtained.
I am,
Your obedient servant,
K. E. TAPPER,
Medical Officer of Health.