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work in this department is becoming increasingly
heavy, and the responsibility attaching to it is
very considerable; for the general public are
undoubtedly becoming more alive to the necessity
of living in good surroundings, and complaints of
nuisances are far more readily made now than a
few years ago, as their bearings on health are
better understood.
I am, Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
Yours obediently,
OWEN COLEMAN, M.D., D.P.H.,
Medical Officer of Health
March 17 th, 1898