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determine its own death rate." The results achieved
by progressive public health administration in Bethnal
Green, as illustrated by this and previous Annual
Reports, show that the assertion is largely true.
Bethnal Green is handicapped in engaging in any
expensive health scheme by its low rateable value,
but its modest expenditure and substantial achievements
compare favourably with those of many bettercircumstanced
districts.
THE HEALTH SERVICES IN THE BOROUGH.
Owing to the slow and unsystematic manner in
which our health organization has been developed,
there are many important health services outside the
ambit of the Borough Council, which is the local health
authority. These may be divided into those administered
by other public authorities (such as the London
County Council, Metropolitan Asylums Board, Board of
Guardians and London Insurance Committee), and those
run by private individuals or corporations (such as
general medical practitioners, midwives, nurses and
voluntary hospitals). The Medical Officer of Health
is dependent upon the courtesy of these agencies for
any information as to their activities. A brief list of
them is appended : —
GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS.
There are 45 general medical practitioners with
consulting rooms in the Borough. Our relations are of
a friendly nature.
NURSES.
The Shoreditch and Bethnal Green District
Nursing Association has its headquarters just outside
the Borough, but undertakes a great deal of nursing in
the Borough. Address: 80, Nichols Square, E.2.
An account of the Council's arrangements with the
Association for nursing services will be found in the
Maternity and Child Welfare Section of this report.