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SANITARY ADMINISTRATION.
ANNUAL REPORT
of
THE CHIEF SANITARY INSPECTOR
1952
Public Health Department,
Municipal Offices,
New Malden.
July, 1953.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Borough of Malden and Coombe,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour and pleasure to submit my thirty-third
Annual Report of work done and matters of interest concerning
the Sanitary Department. I remarked in my introduction to last
year's annual report how increasingly difficult it becomes, as the
years go by, to produce a report which, whilst retaining certain
essential features and being, as it should be, of an informative
character, does not become too repetitive. The constantly changing
membership of the Council, however, renders some repetition
unavoidable and I crave the indulgence of those to whom some or
many of the facts may already be known.
I might be tempted in this report, which is destined to be my
last, to recall some of the worth recording incidents which have
occurred during my career. But so many crowd to my mind that
I find the greatest difficulty in making a selection and, at the same
time, keeping this report within bounds so far as length is concerned.
I think it would be best therefore, for me strictly to keep
reminiscences at a minimum and to conclude my period of office
in the same way as I have always endeavoured to do my work—
quietly and unobstrusively.
This does not prevent me however, from expressing a sense of
pride in the efficient working of the department. I have served
with three Medical Officers (Drs. Davison, Fanning and Morwood)
and with each the happiest relations have been maintained. This