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BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK.
Public Health Department
Town Hall,
Walworth Road, S.E.
Dear Sir, Ladies and Gentlemen,
In presenting ray Annual Report for the year 1925, the period has
again come round in which the report is a review of the conditions of
the Borough, and of progress made during the preceding five years.
Though in some districts there may in that period be considerable
room for expansion and improvement, there is in Southwark no scope
for the former, but there is evidence in the report to show that general
improvement has taken place in existing conditions, and the health of
the inhabitants.
Educational propaganda in the form of leaflets on Cancer, Tuberculosis
and Measles have been made use of, and the instruction in
general health subjects at the Welfare Centres, and Tuberculosis
Dispensary, have all done their share towards the spreading of knowledge
and the instruction of the people.
Our difficulties in housing have been met in a small measure by the
provision of London County Council houses, but in spite of that overcrowding
is still the greatest difficulty in the Borough. The staffs of
all branches of the Department have worked well and loyally. We have
lost an excellent Officer on the retirement of Mr. Weatheritt, and his
going has meant a considerable reorganisation of departmental detail.
The members of the Council, the Public Health Committee and
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee, have extended every consideration,
and have rendered the work easier by their interest and
co-operation.
The various matters dealt with in the report will be found under
their respective headings, together with the statistics and tables dealing
with them.
Yours faithfully,
HORACE WILSON,
Medical Officer of Health.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors,
of the Borough of Southwark.