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St Giles (Camberwell) 1876

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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203
VESTRY of ST. GILES, CAMBERWELL
Annual Report received from Dr. Bernays, as Public Analyst.
under the "adulteration of foods act," for the year
ending Lady-Day, 1877.
Chemical Laboratory,
St. Thomas's Hospital Medical & Surgical College,
Midsummer, 1876.
To the Vestry of St. Giles, Camberwell,
Gentlemen,
In concluding my last Report, I ventured
to employ the following language:— "In presenting
my Report, may I be permitted to express a hope
that in the future my work may be more regularly
spread over the allotted time. It is not only more
difficult to accomplish the analyses within the given
time, but also to carry them on with the necessary
supervision on my part."
I am sorry that my wish, thus strongly expressed
has been so completely disregarded, and that the