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To the Mayor, Aldeimen and Councillors of the
Borough of Hornsey.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I present herewith my Annual Report on the health of the
Borough of Hornsey for the year 1929.
The year has been one of changes in the staff of the Department.
Dr. W. W. Jameson was appointed to the distinguished
position of Professor of Public Health in the University of
London—the most important chair for the teaching of preventive
medicine in the British Empire. He relinquished duty as
Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey on December 31st, 1928,
to take up his new work at the London School of Hygiene and
Tropical Medicine.
Dr. J. B. Prior, who, for many years, has combined the
duties of Resident Medical Superintendent of the Hornsey,
Finchley and Wood Green Joint Isolation Hospital with those of
Deputy Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Inspector
in the Borough of Hornsey, resigned from the latter positions
on December 31st, 1929, in order to devote his entire time to
the increasing work of the Isolation Hospital.
Although Professor Jameson and Dr. Prior are no longer
officials of the Council, they are both still resident in Hornsey,
and I am glad to acknowledge their valuable assistance and advice
in local public health matters on which I have sought their
opinion.
It was decided to appoint a whole-time woman Assistant
Medical Officer to undertake combined duties under Health,
Maternity and Child Welfare, and Education Committees. Dr.
Edith I. L. Abbott was appointed to fill this position and commenced
duty on April 28th, 1930.
It is with deep regret that I have to record the sudden death
on August 5th, 1929, of Mr. William Thorpe, Chief Sanitary
Inspector of the Borough for 26 years. Although my association
with Mr. Thorpe was brief—about seven months—it was long
enough to impress upon me his sterling character and outstanding
ability in the discharge of his duties. The position of Chief