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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 my Annual
Report for the Year 1988. 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 relate to the Public Health of the Borough.
The death-rate of 11.3 is 1.3 less than the previous
year.
There were two maternal deaths as compared with four
in the previous year. The rate was equal to 1.04, whereas
the rate for the whole country was 2.97.
The infantile mortality rate has decreased from 68 to 62
per 1,000 births.
The rate for the County of London decreased from 60
to 57 per 1,000 births.
In April the Infant Welfare Centres and Ante-Natal
Clinics were taken over by the Council from the Hammersmith
Infant Welfare Association (Report under Maternity
and Child Welfare Services on page 25).
The regulations relating to the compulsory notification
of measles and whooping cough, with modifications, dated
9th September, 1938, came into operation on the
1st October.
An agreement was reached between the Council and
the Empire Rheumatism Council relating to the treatment
of Hammersmith patients at the West London Hospital,
details of which appear on page 18 of this Report.