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CHE45
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF CHELSEA..
ANNUAL (ABRIDGED) REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
for the year 1941.
To the Mayor, Alderman & Councillors
of the Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies & Gentlemen,
I have tho honour to submit my Annual Report
on the health and sanitary conditions of the Borough for 1941,
The health of the population was good. The
incidence of infectious disease was low. Every effort was made
for the prevention of disease, including infestation by vermin.
Sanitary administration of the Borough was
satisfactorily maintained throughout the year, despite the many
extra duties thrown upon the Department. All complaints were
investigated and necessary action taken.
Close attention was devoted to the supervision
of food supplies.
The Chelsea Health Society continued to render
valuable assistance in connection with Maternity and Child T"elfare
work. The Society arranged for Protective Inoculation of a very
high percentage of children against Diphtheria,
I should like to thank members of the Council
for the support and sympathetic consideration which have been
extended to me and for their attention to the problems which it
has been my duty to lay before them.
I am, Mr, Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
W.h.l. McCarthy, m.d., d.p.h.
Medical Officer of Health.
Public Health Department,
43, Chelsea Manor Street,
S. W. 3.
l6th JULY. 1942.