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Metropolitan Borough of Hackney
MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT.
FOR THE YEAR 1907.
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
Town Hall, Hackney, N.E.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney.
Gentlemen,
I beg to present herewith my Sixteenth Annual Report of the
Public Health of the Borough of Hackney. From a public health
point of view the year 1907 must be regarded as very satisfactory.
The annual death rate was extremely low, although slightly higher
than that for the year 1906. The infant mortality rate, which was
116 per 1,000 births is most encouraging, being the lowest on
record for Hackney. Amongst the infectious diseases scarlet
fever showed an excessive incidence during the year. This excess
appears to be associated with school influences. I am pleased to
state that the officers of the Public Health Department have on the
whole carried out the duties entrusted to them to my entire
satisfaction. During the year the Public Health Department lost
the services of Miss Newton, the Inspector of Outworkers Premises,