AN EXPLANATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 105, 24 June 1911, Page 4

AN EXPLANATION.

(To the Editor “Stratford Post.”) Sir, —As many unfounded rumours are in circulation ro Foresters’ Hall, would you he kind enough to make public the only letter received from any quarter in connection with the hall or grounds? If there was any cause for complaint the verdict would 'bo through the Health Department and not. from the man in the street. We consider it unfair to users, owners, and the general public that such' unfounded statements should go unanswered. Thanking you in anticipation, I am etc., G. BURGESS, Secretary A.O.F;

[Copy.] / . , u Department of Public Health, , Eltham, June 19th, 1911. Secretary Court Stratford, Dear Sir, —I am of opinion that Foresters’ Hall is unsuitable for a school. It cannot, be fit for children i:o go into after dances, etc. Then there is no playground and the place is open to the street. There nave occn four cases of typhoid fever amongst the,school children, in consequence of which you avill be' asked to do some work in connection with the water tank. Yours, etc., A. GRAY, Health Inspector. - '' I '