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Public Health Office,
Harley College,
Bow Road, E.3.
April, 1936.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit my Report upon the health of the Metropolitan
Borough of Poplar for the year 1935.
Statistics.—The year under review has supplied us with rather lower
birth and death rates than usual—birth rate 15.4 and crude death rate
11.0—and the infant mortality rate 46 is exceptionally low.
Infectious Disease.—The incidence of infectious disease was much
lower than in 1934—acute primary pneumonia, scarlet fever and diphtheria
each showing a decided reduction in the number of cases notified.
Housing.—Activities in connection with the various Housing Acts,
such as slum clearance, etc., have accounted for much work carried out
in the Borough not only by your own staff but by officers of the London
County Council.
The "overcrowding survey" was commenced on 28th October, 1935,
and was completed by 23rd January, 1936.
Staff.—During the year the department suffered the loss of one active
member of the staff, Mr. A. Barrows, Disinfector, and an old member of
the staff, Mr. H. A. Purdy. Both died on the same day in April, 1935.
Several changes in the staff have taken place during the year and are
indicated on the list of staff, pages 4—6.