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PREFACE.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Borough of Hornsey.
Gentlemen,
In accordance with the Order of the Ministry of Health,
I have the honour of presenting to you my fourth Annual
Report on the Health of Hornsey. This will be my last Report
as your Medical Officer, and by the time it is in your hands I
shall be occupied with my new work at Plymouth.
To see the results of Public Health activities, and properly
to appreciate the great advantages which Preventive Medicine
has brought us, it is necessary to take a long view; and in
doing so, and comparing modern conditions with those of even
a quarter of a century ago, the benefits performed by our Health
Services are obvious to us all. Many diseases have been
exterminated, others are on the wane, the "Expectation of Life"
has been increased, and children born now-a-days have a reasonable
chance of healthy survival. That we shall see further
increased benefits from our Health Services I have no doubt,
if we continue in the future (as we have done in the past)
wisely to increase the scope of our services, adding clinics,
centres, open-air homes and staff as they may be required.
The Town Council may, I believe, be reasonably proud of
their Public Health Services; and I cannot leave the Borough
without thanking the Members of the Town Council for the
support which they have given me in my endeavours during
my four years of office.
I should like to take this opportunity of expressing my
gratitude also to the Heads of the various Borough Departments
for their advice and support, and of putting on record my great
appreciation of the work of my Staff, who have laboured
diligently and loyally with me for the benefit of our Borough.
I am, your obedient Servant,
A. T. NANKIVELL.
January, 1925.