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LIBRARY
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I herewith present to you my first Annual Report of the work of the
Public Health Department during the year 1939. In pursuance of the
policy laid down by the Ministry of Health in order to save the expense,
labour and paper involved in the preparation of a full account of the
years work, this Report gives information on a few of the most important
features of the Health Services only. Records have been compiled of the
operation of each section of the Department in detail, and these will be
preserved for future reference.
I have to thank you, ladies and Gentlemen, for the confidence shewn
in me by appointing me as your Medical Officer of Health and have pleasure
in informing you that during the early part of the year the Department
generally and the Health Centre services in particular were steadily
advancing in the service of the public. The outbreak of war caused some
temporary dislocation of the work, and war-time conditions introduced fresh
problems to be faced.
Section A. Satics and social condition of the Area
Summary of vital statistics.
Area (in acres) 587
POPULATION. Registrar-General's estimate of
(a) resident population, mid-1939 55,110
(b) average population appropriate to the
calculation of death rates 51,480
No. of inhabited houses (end of 1939) according to Rate Books 8,832
Rateable value £1.272.924 - sum represented by Id rate £4,960