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To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Battersea.
Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I present herewith my report upon the Health and Sanitary
conditions of the Borough during the year 1947.
In accordance with the Instructions of the Ministry of Health,
te report is an abridged one and is mainly a statistical review, but
there are one or two matters, particularly that relating to maternity
and child welfare on pages 13/17; the review of the Tuberculosis
dispensary service on page 29; and the report on the survey of
wells in the Borough set out on pages 48/55 to which I would draw
special attention.
I wish to thank the Mayor and Members of the Borough Council,
and more particularly the Chairman and Members of the Public Health,
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee, for the continued encouragement
and assistance that I have received from them during the year.
I gratefully acknowledge, also, the help I have received from the Chief
Officers of the Council and the loyal service so readily rendered by
the whole staff of the Public Health Department.
I have the honour to be, Mr. Mayor, ladies and gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
(Signed) G. MACDONALD,
Medical Officer of Health.