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The Council Offices,
High Street,
Mortlake,
January, 1902.
THE
Urban District Council of Barnes.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
In writing the subjoined Report I have been guided by
the recent Memorandum of the Local Government Board as to
Annual Reports of Medical Officers of Health.
In this Memorandum it is laid down, inter alia, that such
reports " are for the information of the Local Government Board
and the County Council, as well as for the Council of the district,
and that a statement of the local circumstances and history of
local sanitary questions, which may seem superfluous for the
latter, may often be needed by the former bodies."
I am indebted to Dr. A. J. B. Adams, who acted as
Medical Officer of Health during the first three months of last
year, for statistical and other information ; and to Mr. Grylls,
the Inspector of Nuisances, for the valuable assistance which,
from his intimate knowledge of the district, he has been able to
afford me.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
F. GRAHAM CROOKSHANK,
M.D. Lond., M.R.C.S., LR.C.P.