Inaugural address / by Sir Joseph Fayrer.

  • Fayrer, Sir Joseph, 1824-1907.
Date:
[1898]
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Credit: Inaugural address / by Sir Joseph Fayrer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [Excerpt from Vol. XIX., Part III., of The Journal of The Sanitary Institute.] By Sir JOSEPH FAYRER, Bart., K.C.S.I., LL.D.Edin. & St. And., M.D.Edin., F.R.C.P.Eng., Q.H.P., F.R.S. ESS, (Fellow.) Delivered September 27th, 1898. My first duty on taking the chair is to acknowledge the honour conferred on me in selecting me as President of this Congress; O o 7 and my next to offer a cordial welcome to all who propose to take part in its proceedings, and to express a hope that they may not only derive pleasure and profit from them, but at the same time confer benefit upon the cause they advocate. It is also my duty to convey the thanks of the Congress to the Right Honble. the Lord Mayor and Corporation for the hospitality and courtesy which has been extended to it in the important city of Birmingham, a great and populous centre of activity, to which the problems to be considered in the forth- coming conferences must be of deep and abiding interest. It is not without misgiving that I have assumed the office entrusted to me, for when I think of those who have been my predecessors, I feel painfully conscious of my inaptitude for the post that they have filled so well. I must confess, more- over, that I found some difficulty in selecting a topic suitable for an inaugural address, but can only hope that my short- comings may be redeemed by the proceedings of the various sections into which the Congress is divided. I shall not attempt to deal with any special branch of