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Public Health Department,
Town Hall,
Haverstock Hill,
Hampstead, N.W.3.
17th April, 1934.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my Annual Report upon the state
of the public health in the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead for
the year 1933, which is the thirty-third of the series.
The report contains the information required by the Ministry of
Health, and is arranged in accordance with their suggestions.
A complete survey of the Health Services in the Borough was
carried out by officials of the Ministry of Health during the year.
Dr. Jane Turnbull inspected the Maternity and Child Welfare
Section in February, and Dr. N. Beattie inspected the other
services in May and June. The report of their survey was, however,
not to hand at the conclusion of the year, but will be referred to in
my Annual Report for 1934.
The death rate in Hampstead for 1933 was 11.0 per 1,000 of
the population as compared with 12.3 for England and Wales. The
birth rate of 9.6 per 1,000 of the population is the lowest yet recorded
in Hampstead, but is compensated in part by the low infantile
mortality figure (viz.: 38 per 1,000 births, c.f. 64 for England and
Wales).
The incidence of infectious disease during 1933 was higher than
in the preceding year. There were 451 cases of Scarlet Fever, but
all were fortunately of a mild type. It is most important that full
advantage should be taken of the recent researches in preventive
medicine for the protective immunisation of the individual against
Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever. The arrangements which have been