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Public Health Department,
Parkshot,
Richmond, Surrey.
July, 1941.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Borough of Richmond (Surrey).
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my Annual Report on the Health
and Sanitary condition of the Borough for the year ended December
31st, 1940.
In view of the necessity for economy in the use of paper, the
Ministry of Health suggests that interim reports should be made at
this time.
Arrangements are made for the preservation of all records in
order that after the War a Report may be made dealing more fully
with the period from the beginning of 1939 until the end of the last
complete year.
It is interesting to note that in the Public Health Department
there are copies of the Annual Reports of the Medical Officer of
Health for every year from 1874 to 1939.
As this is my twentieth and last Annual Report, I should like
to express my sincere thanks to the Council for their invariable
kindness to me over a long period.
I must also thank all my colleagues on the Council's staff, and
particularly the members of my own staff, for their great assistance
and loyalty.
A great deal of excellent work has been done during the
twenty years I have been your Medical Officer, but this has only been
accomplished by the willing and earnest co-operation of every member
of my staff.
I am, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
C. S. BREBNER,
Medical Officer of Health.