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Chiswick Urban District Council.
Sanitary Department.
THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
It becomes my duty to place before you my
Annual Report of matters pertaining to the Public
Health of our district, for the year terminating 31st
December, 1894, together with a Report of the
proceedings taken by the officials of the Public
Health Department, with the view of maintaining
and improving the sanitary conditions of our district.
The record for the year is even more favorable
than that for 1893, and marks a progressive improvement
; compared with the average of the past ten
years the results are most satisfactory.
The year was one of comparatively little sunshine,
with an excessive amount of rain during each
month with few exceptions, and this on the whole
was conducive to a low death rate, the cool summer
temperature had a tendency to reduce the fatality
from infantile diarrhoea and also lowered the general