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Public Health Offices,
Borough Hall,
Royal Hill, Greenwich, S.E.10.
March, 1936.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour as Medical Officer of Health to submit my
Annual Report on the health of the Borough during the year 1935.
In accordance with the instructions of the Minister of Health
as contained in Circular 1492, this report is more or less in the
nature of an outline. In it, however, I hope sufficient evidence
will be found to shew that good and valuable work was done by
every member of the staff.
Attention is directed to the very satisfactory state of the health
of the Borough as revealed by the vital statistics for the year.
The birth rate is a little above, and the death rate considerably
below that of last year. The incidence of the notifiable infectious
diseases and non-notifiable cases reported by the School Authorities,
was lower than in any year since the inception of the Council.
The Infantile Mortality Rate is the lowest the Borough has
experienced for several years.
In January, a Foot Clinic was established and proved so
successful that the service had to be rapidly extended.
Two new combined Infant Welfare and Artificial Sunlight
Centres were opened during the year, and the Council's Maternity
and Child Welfare Scheme is now practically complete.
Following the retirement of the Infectious Disease Inspector
and the appointment of two additional Sanitary Inspectors, the
sanitary districts of the Borough were reorganised. The additional
staff enabled me to resume House to House inspection, of which
no fewer than 730 were carried out in the last eight months.