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Public Health Department,
Town Hall, Haverstock Hill,
Hampstead, N.W. 3.
20th April, 1920.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to place before you my Annual Report for the
year 1919.
The various sections with their subject matter are arranged in
accordance with the Memorandum of the Ministry of Health, dated
January, 1920, as far as these relate to matters appertaining to the
Borough.
On page 58 I have incorporated a Report received from Dr. A. J.
Scott Pinchin on the work of the Tuberculosis Dispensary; and on
page 71 will be found a Report submitted by Dr. Mary Kidd on the
work of the Ante-Natal Clinics for the year 1919.
With four exceptions, all members of the Staff who were away
on War Service have now returned to their duties. Of the four
exceptions, Lieutenant B. C. Harley (Clerk) and Private C. Deverell
(Assistant to Sanitary Inspectors) made the supreme sacrifice. Lieutenant
B. C. Harley was killed in action, and Private C. Deverell was
long reported missing, and his ultimate fate is unknown. Of the two
other Clerks, C. B. Harley was severely wounded and elected not to
return to the service of the Borough; while R. Pollock (ClerkDraughtsman)
found other employment.
I desire to take the opportunity of expressing my thanks to the
Council, especially to the Chairmen and Members of the Public Health
Committee, the Housing Committee, and the Maternity and Child
Welfare Committee, for the support and sympathetic consideration
they have afforded me.
I am also deeply indebted to all members of the Staff of the
Department, both permanent and temporary, who have carried out
their work in a satisfactory and efficient manner, and have at all times
afforded me their loyal and unselfish co-operation.
I have the honour to be,
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
FRANK E. SCRASE,
Medical Officer of Health.