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houses which were built by the local authority. There are
now 2,034 houses on the Council's estate at Eltham and
plans have been approved for the erection of a further 142, on
some of which work has been started. A report on the
Council's housing scheme is given at the end of Section VII.
Mr. A. G. Duck, Chief Sanitary Inspector, had been in
indifferent health from the beginning of the year and felt it
necessary to apply for superannuation, to take effect from
the 31st July. He was much esteemed by members of the
Council and his colleagues and at his retirement the Council
adopted the following resolution :—
" (a) That the Council hereby places on record its
appreciation of the long and faithful services of
Mr. Albert George Duck, Chief Sanitary Inspector,
formerly to the parish of Plumstead, and to the
Borough since its creation in 1900, over a period
of 38 years, and wishes him renewed health and
happiness in his retirement.
(b) That the above resolution be suitably engrossed
on vellum and presented to Mr. A. G. Duck, and
that the Seal of the Council be affixed thereto."
To me, personally, he was a loyal and helpful colleague,
ever willing to assist in the work of the Department, not only
in his own section but in the work of the clinical sections as
well. He designed the tuberculosis shelters now used by the
department, prepared models of simple devices which could
be made by fathers for making easy the domestic trials and
difficulties of mothers, and he was an interesting, racy and
popular lecturer at annual Health Weeks. He has well earned
his retirement but it is to be hoped that from time to time
we shall see and hear him again in Woolwich.
The opening of the War Memorial Hospital in March
marked the development of two extensions in the Maternity
and Child Welfare scheme. For the first time beds became