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DEPT 26
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD
REPORT OF THE IIEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1941
Public Health Department,
Central Clinic,
Anersham Road,
S. E. 14.
November, 1942.
To The Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present my thirteenth Annual Report
in an abridged foira as prescribed by the Ministry of Health.
During the first five months of the year, there were
frequent air-raids with consequent dislocation of home life, many
persons spending the night in air-raid shelters. The incidence of
infeotious disease was low and, in 3pite of "black-out" conditions,
food rationing and "shelter life", the general health of the
population showed no serious deterioration.
The increased responsibilities consequent upon the war
have been ably carried out by the depleted staff who have continued
to carry out routine duties, albeit on a necessarily reduced scale.
During the year, three Health Vistors were seconded for duty in
Reception Areas and the following members of the staff were in
His Majesty's Forces:- Messrs. G.B.Allen, E.J.Elliott, D.K.Evans,
J.L.Law and L.C.Southgate.
The following briefly records the sanitary circumstances
of the Borough in 1941:-

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