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BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK.
Public Health Office,
Town Hall, Walworth Road.
Sir and Gentlemen,
I have the honour of submitting for your consideration my TwentyFifth
Annual Report which deals with the vital statistics and general
sanitary work of the Borough for the year 1911.
The health of the inhabitants of the Borough has been good. There
has been no exceptional amount, nor any outbreak in particular of
infectious disease other than Diarrhsea, which was more than usually
prevalent during the very hot summer months.
The death-rate, calculated on the Census returns, is slightly higher
this year, owing to a diminishing population and to certain clearance areas
not yet reoccupied.
The sanitary work, due to the many changes in the staff, has not
gone on quite so regularly as in previous years.
Upon the whole, good work has been done in spite of the changes
referred to.
I have to thank the various members of the staff for their ready
assistance, and the Council and the Public Health Committee for their
courtesy and support.
I have the honour to be,
Your obedient servant,
G. B. MILLSON,
Medical Officer of Health.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Borough of Southwark