168 BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM. 
officials, though it has the advantage, especially in Germany, of 
securing men who make a thorough study of municipal work, who 
depend for their promotion upon the success of their work, and 
have therefore, in many cases practically and successfully carried 
out ideas which to us appear very advanced, if not even Socialistic. 
The solution in London may perhaps be found in a combination of 
skilled officials with the democratically-elected bodies more fully 
organised. 
