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To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Royal Borough of Kensington.
Me. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,—
I have the honour to submit the Annual Report on the Health of the Borough
for the year 1919.
Dr. Sandilands was Medical Officer of Health during the period under review,
but he was unable to present an annual report before his departure for India in the
early part of last January.
I did not come into office in Kensington until February of this year and,
consequently, I cannot write from my own direct knowledge of events, which occurred
in the year 1919. I have decided, therefore, to confine this report largely to
statistics required by the Ministry of Health.
I would like to call attention to the tables dealing with Maternity and Child
Welfare work carried out by various voluntary bodies in the Borough. In due
course it will be my duty to submit recommendations to the Council in regard to
this work and many of my conclusions will be based on the statistics herein given.
I have the honour to be, Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
JAMES FENTON,
Medical Officer of Health.