[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton].

  • Acton (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
[1905?]
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    6 Mount; the building and subsequent completion at the beginning of the year of the isolation hospital; and the acceptance of the contract for erection of the dust destructor adjoining the sewage works. This latter scheme is, in my opinion, of vital importance, and I trust you will push the work forward without delay. You will notice that a great deal of useful work has been done by the Health Department during the year, and I am much indebted to Mr. Kinch, chief sanitary inspector, Mr. Gough, assistant sanitary inspector, Miss Bulkeley Williams, lady health visitor, and Miss Morton, typist, for their kind help and co-operation. I think you were wise, in your decision, to purchase the Cock and Crown Yard property, as, besides abolishing an unhealthy area, it will be a general municipal im provement, and has avoided the proceedings and litigation that invariably follow closing and demolition orders. We have to think not so much of the present occupiers as of their children and the subsequent generation, and I am afraid at times we err on the side of leniency in dealing with poor class property. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, G. A. GARRY SIMPSON.