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Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
Public Health Offices,
8/14, Laburnum Street, E.2.
July, 1933.
To the MAYOR, ALDERMEN and COUNCILLORS
of the Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch.
Sir, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present my Annual Report for the year 1932.
J here is nothing calling for special comment with regard to the vital statistics
of the Borough.
The most important event of the year so far as the administration of the Department
and the general comfort of the staff are concerned, was the move from the
quarters so long occupied in the Town Hall to the New Building in Laburnum Street.
As regards light, air, and general convenience, the new offices are a very great
improvement on the old, and after several months under the new conditions, it is
satisfactory to be able to report that misgivings that may have been felt regarding
difficulties likely to arise as a result of leaving the Town Hall have not, in fact,
been fulfilled. The new arrangement has worked excellently.
My thanks are due to all sections of the staff' of the Department for their help
throughout the year, and especially to Dr. Evelyn McGregor,' the Assistant Medical
Officer of Health, Dr. Cullen, the Tuberculosis Officer, Mr. Wilsher, the Chief Clerk
and Mr. Pearson, the Senior Sanitary Inspector.
It would, I know, be the wish of all his colleagues that I should take this opportunity
to express our sense of loss at the early and sad death of Mr. T. W. Girling,
who had carried out the duties of Sanitary Inspector with conspicuous ability and
thoroughness since his appointment in 1920.
Finally, I wish to thank you, Sir, and the members of the Council, and especially
those serving on the Health, Maternity & Child Welfare and Housing Committees,
for the assistance I have received during the year.
I am, Sir, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
MAITLAND RADFORD,
Medical Officer of Health.