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services continue to indicate that a very large portion
of the population is living at a low level.
PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE.
During the financial yearl934-35, the cost of the
Public Health service was £24,876, or 4s. Id. per head
of the population, equivalent to a rate of Is. in the £.
THE HEALTH SERVICES IN THE BOROUGH.
The Borough Council is recognised by statute as
the local health authority, but many important
health services are still outside its jurisdiction and
indeed health functions are exercised by an extraordinary diversity of agencies. The number of these
agencies has been somewhat reduced by the legislation of recent years, but there seems much need for
further simplification. The Borough Council is the
Maternity and Child Welfare authority, but between
3 and 5 years of age the children come under the
jurisdiction of the L.C.C. as the School Medical
authority. When young persons leave school and
enter industry, they come under the health supervision of the Factory Inspector and the Insurance
Panel Doctor. Apart from the London County
Council and the Borough Council, health functions
are also exercised by the London Insurance Committee and by general medical practitioners, midwives, nurses, voluntary hospitals and a host of
charitable societies. The Medical Officer of Health
is dependent upon the courtesy of these agencies for
any information as to their activities. Brief notes
about some of them follow.
GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS.
There are 36 general medical practitioners with
consulting rooms in the Borough. The friendly relations with local practitioners reported in previous
years continue.