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To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead.
Mr. Mayor, Madam, and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to place before you my Annual Report
for the year 1910.
The vital statistics set forth in the Report may, on the whole, be
considered highly satisfactory; they indicate that the public health work
of the Council is continuing to be fruitful in results. I would
particularly draw attention to the remarkably low rate of infantile
mortality reached in 1910. That rate is well below what some
authorities on the subject have regarded as the minimum rate to which
it is possible to attain.
The figures relating to tuberculosis are much loss satisfactory, and
I regard the adoption of further preventive measures against this disease
as the most pressing public health need in Hampstead at the present
time. In the Report an attempt has been made to indicate the measures
most required.
I am glad to acknowledge the excellent work of the Stall' of the
Public Health Department throughout the year. To the Chairman and
the Members of the Public Health Committee my thanks are also due
for their continued support.
I have the honour to be,
Mr. Mayor, Madam, and Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
G. F. McCLEARY,
Medical Officer of Health.