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Conclusion.— It now only remains for me to discharge the
pleasing duty of thanking those who have contributed by their
assistance to whatever success may have attended the work of
my Department in the past year.
Of the sympathetic co-operation of the Board of Guardians
I have already spoken, and it would be impossible to over-rate
the importance of the assistance rendered by them, and their
officers, in measures for preventing the spread of infectious
diseases.
The sub-district Registrars, Messrs. Barnes and Hume, and
the Vaccination Officer, Mr. Shattock, have, as usual, very
willingly complied with all my requests for information.
The Members of the Sanitary Staff have discharged their
numerous duties with zeal, intelligence, and success.
My thanks are justly due to your Vestry for a continuance
of the confidence and support which I have never failed to
receive, and which have enabled me to carry out with satisfaction
the duties appertaining to my office, and to superintend
the working of a Department the importance of which is every
year more fully recognised by the general public.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
T. ORME DUDFIELD, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Town Hall, Kensington.
August, 1883.
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