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The Meat Regulations are in active operation in Deptford—no
trader is allowed to place meat on trestles in front of the window line.
There are two or three traders in Deptford High Street who have been
given much rope in this connection and a prosecution now seems
inevitable. In Inspector Yates we have an able Food Inspector. I
suggest that he should be allowed to take a short refresher course at
the Royal Sanitary Institute every four years. Every year a Sanitary
Inspector might well be sent for such a course whether he already has
the certificate or no. It is important work and we are all the better
for refresher courses. I am grateful to the Inspectors for their
assistance.
The Work of the Maternity and Child Welfare Health Visitors has
always been of a very high order. This has been combined with a
charm and willingness which has made the ladies and their work very
dear to me.
The clerical staff", too, has been admirable.
My colleagues, Dr. Donnelly and Dr. Hill have been everything
that one could desire, ardent and successful workers, the best of friends.
It only remains for me to say that your Council, and of course the
Committees, have been kindness itself to me. I have helped you as
well as I could to push things on a bit, and my successor, Dr. Keith,
will come into goodly heritage.
Mr. Charles and Mr. Lawson have always been kind, and my last
salute is to a true and able man, the Town Clerk of Deptford,
Mr. Arthur Purkis. I shall look forward to visiting you from across
the water when time and tide permit.
With heartfelt gratitude to you all,
I remain,
Your obedient Servant,
Charles S. Thomson,
Medical Officer of Health.