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"The disadvantage of each of the several districts of the
"metropolis having a separate sanitary system of its own was
"demonstrated incidentally by witnesses, the tenour of whose
"evidence shows that they are not the supporters of very
"sweeping changes. The medical officer of Hackney stated
"that one result of the enforcement of their regulations was
"that persons who did not like to submit to them, or for
"whom there was no room without overcrowding, had to
"leave the district and go to others where the local authority
"allowed the people to live in whatever condition they
"pleased."
As the general work has increased with the extension of the
district, it has been scarcely possible to give that attention to
the carrying out of the regulations as in former years, even
although a temporary Inspector has been appointed to assist
those previously appointed, and it will therefore be necessary
for another Inspector to be permanently appointed if the work,
upon which so marked an eulogium was made, is to be performed
with equal energy and usefulness in future.
I remain, Gentlemen,
Yours obediently,
JOHN W. TRIPE, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Received and ordered to be printed and
circulated in the usual manner,
WILLIAM LANE GANE,
Chairman
May 13th, 1855.