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V.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Royal Borough of Kensington.
Ladies and Gentlemen,—
I have the honour to submit my first annual report which contains in accordance
with the Regulations of the Local Government Board, a summary of the action taken
for the prevention of disease and an account of the sanitary state of the Borough of
Kensington during the year 1909. On pp. 21-23 a record will be found of the results of
an inquiry in Kensington which afford evidence of the infectious nature of zymotic
enteritis, a disease which kills large numbers of infants during the summer months of
the year. The urgent necessity for the provision of adequate means of dealing with
certain conditions of uncleanliness in children attending the elementary schools in the
Borough is considered on pp. 58-60 in the section which relates to sanitation.
The presentation of this report affords me the opportunity for expressing my
appreciation of the assistance I have received in my work from the chairman and
members of the Public Health Committee of the Council and for thanking the staff of
the Public Health Department for their loyal co-operation in my first year of office.
I have the honour to be,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
J. E. SANDILANDS,
Medical Officer of Health.
Public Health Department,
Town Hall, Kensington, W.
12th April, 1909.