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The reduction in maternal and infant mortality so marked
up to the end of 1948, continued during 1949. The incidence
of Diphtheria remained very low, and no one has died from
it in Hammersmith since 1946.
The policy of the Housing Committee of the Council has
resulted in much new accommodation being made available to
nearly 600 Hammersmith families. The provision of such first
class accommodation for so many persons can only result in an
improvement in health and happiness amongst the Council's
new tenants.
The County Council also are making marked progress in
providing new accommodation, particularly in the White City
area of the Borough.
The ravages of aerial bombardment and neglect during the
war years are still, however, the cause of much bad and
unsatisfactory housing conditions.
The health of the Borough continues to be of a high standard,
and 1949 has turned out to be another of those post war years
during which healthy conditions continue to be at a high level.
Finally, Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen, I wish to thank
yourselves, and particularly the members of the Health
Committee and its Chairman and Vice-Chairman, for the help
and sympathetic consideration that has been given to the
problems of the Health Department.
The staff, also, are again responsible for the high grade of
the work done during the year, and to them, particularly, I
wish to extend my very sincere thanks.
I am, Your Worship, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
F. M. DAY,
Medical Officer of Health.