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Annual Report
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
of the
BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH
For the Year 1908.
Public Health Department,
Town Hall,
Hammersmith.
June 25th, 1909.
Gentlemen —I beg to present to you my Annual
Report for last year. The Report will deal with the
vital statistics, and with the Sanitary work carried
out under the direction of your Council during the
53 weeks ending on 2nd January, 1909. The statistical
tables prescribed by the Local Government Board
are added, as well as the several other tables that
directly or indirectly relate to the Public Health of
the Borough.
The deaths of non-Residents have been deducted,
and the deaths of Residents occurring in other parts of
London have been added as heretofore. Deaths of
persons occurring in institutions, receiving sick and
infirm persons, have alone been regarded for the
purpose of correction. This is in accordance with the
direction of the Local Government Board, some of the