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on superannuation in April owing to ill-health. Mr. Outlaw, who
had been acting as a temporary inspector, was appointed in June
in his place.
Mr. Rowley, a Sanitary Inspector under the Enfield Urban
District Council, was appointed as an additional Inspector in
connection with the survey of Underground Rooms and in view
of the general increase of work in the Department. He commenced his duties on the 1st of September.
Mr. Williams, one of the Sanitary Inspectors, resigned in
October on appointment as an Inspector to the Manchester City
Corporation. Mr. Wall of the Islington Metropolitan Borough
staff was appointed to fill the vacancy and commenced his duties
in Hampstead on 1st December, 1936.
2. Statistics.
The Registrar General again gave a slight increase in his
estimate of the resident population for 1936. As previously
reported, Hampstead is one of the two Metropolitan Boroughs
showing an increase in population since the 1931 census.
The adjusted Death-rate for Hampstead in 1936 was 10.6,
which is less than that of any other Metropolitan Borough.
Unfortunately, however, I have to report that the Infantile
Mortality Rate increased to 66 (c.f. 53, the average for the
previous ten years).
3. Local Government and Other Officers' Superannuation Act, 1922.
During the year I medically examined 51 new entrants to the
Council's service, 19 of whom were officers and 32 were workmen.
In addition, 3 officers were certified by me as being incapacitated
by reason of permanent ill-health, and were accordingly retired
on superannuation allowances.
4. Maternity and Child Welfare.
During the year more than 15,000 visits were paid by the
Health Visitors to the homes of the mothers, and nearly 2,000
visits were made by the mothers and children to the various
clinics established in the Borough. These figures surely speak