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as to the factors which resulted in a high mortality in 1911 and an exceptionally low one in 1921.
No small part of the credit for the change must be given to the Infant Welfare Work which has
developed within the fifteen years.
As regards the work of your Public Health Department, there is room for greater activity
which can only be attained by a larger staff. The arrears in improvements and in the work of
sanitary repairs accruing from the war, are far from being cleared off. In addition, new duties
continue to be placed on the Department which cannot be efficiently dealt with. All members of
the Staff do their best to cope with the demands on their energy, but those parts of the Report
which deal with the housing conditions show that the Staff is not sufficient to the needs of the
Borough.
In expressing my acknowledgments of the support and consideration extended to me by the
Chairmen and Members of the Public Health, the Housing and the Maternity and Child Welfare
Committees, I am not merely complying with an empty formality. I much appreciate their
sympathy and cordiality without which the duties of my office would be almost insupportable.
I have the honour to be,
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
O.B.E., M.A., M.B., D.P.H.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Public Health Department,
Paddington, W. 2.
August, 1922.