[Report 1915] / Medical Officer of Health, Middleton Borough.

  • Middleton (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1915
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Credit: [Report 1915] / Medical Officer of Health, Middleton Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    50/98 (page 46)
    Sanitary Department, Corporation Street, Middleton. To the Chairman and Members of the Health Committee. Gentlemen, I have much pleasure in presenting for you consideration my Twentieth Annual Report on the work carried out by the department during the year 1915. On perusal of the Report you will notice that a considerable amount of work has been carried out by the department for the benefit of the health and convenience of the inhabitants of the Borough. Owing to circumstances over which we have no control, the work has not been cpute so satisfactory as we would wish, but the best has been done with the materials at our disposal, and when we are able to return to normal times I have no doubt the work will be carried on in the same satisfactory manner as in former years. In carrying out the various duties of the department I beg to acknowledge the services of Arthur Edward, the Assistant Inspector, who has joined the Army and is serving with the expeditionary force in France, Alfred Booth, the nightsoil foreman and disinfector, and Samuel Clarke, who has had to turn out at all hours to drive the ambulance for removing patients to Marland Hospital. I beg to tender my sincere thanks to the Chairman, Vice-Chair¬ man and Members of the various Committees it is my privilege to serve, for their kindness and support in carrying out the duties of the department during the year. I remain, Yours faithfully, CHARLES HY. NORTON, Sanitary Inspector.