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annual report, 1920.
To the Chairman and Members of the Urban District
Council of Barnes.
Gentlemen,
The solution of continuity occasioned by my relinquishing
charge of the Public Health Department last September makes it
difficult to pick up the thread of one's work again. Any shortcomings,
however, will 1 feel sure be ably compensated by your Chief Sanitary
Inspector, who has by now got a good grip of the work and the needs
of the District.
Owing to the economy fever now seizing hold of all public bodies,
it is incumbent on all public health authorities to see that the health
of the people is not neglected—to allow this for one moment is the
direst form of false economy. 1 feel, however, that in your hands
the public health will be jealously guarded consistent with economic
finance.
With regard to the staff, I have to record the retirement of Mr.
Grylls, your Chief Sanitary Inspector, after many years' faithful service.
The consequent changes and promotions are, in my opinion,
satisfactory, and you may expect to be well served.
PHYSICAL FEATURES AND GENERAL CHARACTER OF
THE DISTRICT.
The Urban District of Barnes extends from Hammersmith Bridge
to the Richmond Boundary at Manor Grove, and Upper Richmond
Road, East Sheen. It covers 1,583 acres, and is 3 ½ miles long by
1½ miles broad.
The Urban District includes the Ranelagh Club, reservoirs of the
Metropolitan Water Board at Barnes Elms and Lonsdale Road, 600
acres of Richmond Park, 126 acres of Barnes Common, 52 acres of