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To ensure co-ordination, I am Medical Officer of Health
and School Medical Officer, and the Nurses are both Health
Visitors and School Nurses, yet the offices are widely separated,
which involves much waste of time in journeys,
liability to error, delay in dealing with subjects of inquiry
or furnishing immediate information, since records and
correspondence may not be to hand.
The position calls urgently for centralization of the
Health Services of the Borough, and it is earnestly hoped
that the proposed building for that purpose will be proceeded
with as soon as possible.
I thank Mr. H. T. Perry, your Chief Sanitary Inspector,
and the Staff of the Public Health Department for
their willing assistance at all times.
I am, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
E. W. MATTHEWS,
Medical Officer of Health.