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Health Department,
Town Hall,
Tottenham, N. 15.
To the Worship ful the Mayor
Aldermen and Councillors of the
Borough of Tottenham
Mr. Mayor, My Lady, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have pleasure in submitting to you my Annual Report on the health of
the Borough for the year ended the 31st December, 1953.
The work of the department is set out in detailed sections of this report
and includes, as an appendix, the work carried out on behalf of the Middlesex
County Council in the personal health services under the National Health
Service Act and the school health service under the Education Act.
Special reference is made to the forthright policy of the Borough Council
in tackling the difficult problem of improving local housing conditions. No
function of local government has a more profound and lasting effect upon the
health and happiness of the community than this. While quick off the mark in
resuming slum clearance under the Housing Acts there has been no slackening
in action to secure the repair of individual unfit and insanitary houses.
I take this opportunity to record my appreciation of the loyal work of
all my colleagues in the health department; and to express my indebtedness to
the many individuals and outside agencies who have so fully co-operated with
us during the year
I am also indeed grateful to my Chairman (Alderman R.H, Warren), whom I
have had the privilege to work with for so many years, and to members of the
Health and Housing Committee for their ready help and encouragement.
I am,
Your obedient Servant,
G.HAMILTON HOGBEN,
Medical Officer of Health.
29th June, 1954,