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REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1911,
To the Worshipful the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Borough of Islington,
Mr, Mayor, Madam and Gentlemen,
It affords me great pleasure, in submitting my Report on the Health and
Sanitary condition of your Borough during 1911, to state that, judged by its
mortality and sickness, it was in a very satisfactory state, It is true that the
death-rate of 14 9 per 1,000 was not the lowest on record, but it was nevertheless,
with three exceptions, the lowest in a hundred years, It must also be
considered very good because, owing to the changes that have occurred in the
age and sex distribution of the population during the last 20 years, as shown
by the Census Returns, the death-rate has been adversely affected to the
extent of 10 per 1,000 of the population per annum, which is equal to 327
deaths,
I regret that Islington is still without Health Visitors to undertake the
duties devolving on the Council under the Notification of Births Act, and the
several Tuberculosis Orders, I trust, however, that the time may not be far
distant when the addition of such useful adjuncts to the public health
administration of your Borough may find favour in your sight, and add still
further to its efficiency,
I take this opportunity of thanking the members of the Public Health
Committee, and particularly Councillor Harwood, their Chairman, for their
invariable courtesy to myself, and for the kindly consideration they have at all