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Public Health Department,
Town Hall,
Hammersmith, W.6
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith.
Ladies and Gentlemen,—I beg to present to you my
Annual Report for the Year 1982. The report deals with
the vital statistics, and with the work carried out under
the direction of your Council during the year. The
statistical tables included directly or indirectly relate to the
Public Health of the Borough.
The death-rate of 12.8 is 0.6 per thousand greater than
the rate for the previous year. The infantile mortality
rate is 66 per 1,000 births.
The lowest rate was 61 per 1,000 births in 1927.
" Parkside and " Invermead " Maternity Homes
continue to be a great boon to those mothers who have no
suitable accommodaton in their own homes.
The number of confinements in 1982 amounted to 416.
It is an obligation on every expectant mother booked
tor " Parkside " or " Invermead " to attend the antinatal
centre at least once. Usually two, three or more
attendances are made.
The efforts of your Council have been, as in the past,
considerably augmented by those of the Voluntary
Societies engaged in this branch of the Public Health
Services of the Borough.
With regard to infectious diseases the total number
notified was above the average for the past ten years.