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Public Health Department,
Town Hall,
Hammersmith, W.6
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith.
Ladies and Gentlemen.—I beg to present to you my
Annual Report for the year 1926. The report deals with the
vital statistics, and with the work carried out under the
direction of your Council during the year. The statistical
tables prescribed by the Ministry of Health are included, as
well as the several other tables that directly or indirectly
relate to the Public Health of the Borough.
The vital statistics of the Borough for the year under
review were of a satisfactory nature. The death-rate of
11.4 is 0.5 lower than the rate for the previous year, whilst
the infantile mortality rate is 66 per 1,000 births—1 per
1,000 greater than the rate for the previous year.
This figure is fairly satisfactory and is undoubtedly the
result of the work carried out under the maternity and child
welfare scheme of the Borough, but greater efforts should be
made to improve matters still further.
The efforts of your Council have been, as in the past,
considerably augmented by those of the Voluntary Societies
engaged in this branch of the Public Health Services of the
Borough.
With regard to infectious diseases the total number notified
was below the average.