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Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to place before you my Annual
Report for the year 1902.
Included is a report on the Small-pox outbreak, which lasted
from October, 1901, to the beginning of August, 1902, an isolated
case occurring in September, 1902. The total number of cases —
220, is small when all the circumstances of the outbreak are
taken into account.
In accordance with Section 132 of the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901, a special report on the administration of the Act by
the Borough Council is included. In the year 1902 a systematic
supervision of the workshops and workplaces in Battersea was
begun, but as the two special inspectors appointed for this purpose
only entered upon their duties when the year was well advanced,
the report deals with little more than six months' work. Next
year it will be possible to present a more comprehensive report
on the work of the Council in relation to the sanitation of factories,
workshops and workplaces.
The third special report deals with the Infants Milk Depôt.
The work of the Depot has grown so considerably that the
premises at York Road, where the humanising and sterilising
processes are performed, have become inadequate for this work,
which, especially in hot weather, is carried out under great
difficulties.
I am glad to acknowledge the excellent work of the Staff of
the Health Department during the year.
I have the honour to be,
Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
G. F. McCLEARY,
Medical Officer of Health