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Public Health Department,
Town Hall,
Fulham, S.W.6.
July, 1941.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and. Councillors
of the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit the Annual Report on
the health and sanitary conditions of the Borough for
the year 1939. In accordance with the instructions of
the Ministry of Health, this Report is in a summarised
form, although the full statistics usually published have
been prepared in draft form for recora purposes.
The publication of this Report has been delayed owing
to the burden thrown on the department by the organisation
of the Casualty Services section of the Air Raid Precautions
Scheme and the subsequent dislocation of the routine worK
of the department. In September, 1939. all staff, with
the exception of four who concentrated on the centralised
infant welfare work, were given duties in connection with
this service and although to-day much of the routine work
has been restored, there are still some members who devote
the whole, or a proportion, of their time to A.R.P.
The staff, especially on the male side, has of course
undergone change and there are now six permanent members
of the staff serving with the forces.
It is a pleasure to call attention to the infant
mortality rate of 47, which is the lowest in the history
of the Borough,
I have the honour to be,
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
J.A. SCOTT,
Medical Officer of Health.
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