The Ministry and Its Ministers

the central Health Department of this country to the position it ought to occupy if he were allowed to hold office for a mere matter of three, or perhaps six, months. In face of these rapid changes not only is continuity of policy impossible, but vigour and initiative are out of the question. The fleeting incumbent of the office is fortunate if he is able to acquire a preliminary general acquaintance with the multitudinous activities of a department the working of which affects, more or less closely, every individual in the country. It is clear that we cannot continue