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To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Borough of Hornsey.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my Annual Report for the year
ending December 31st, 1935.
The birth-rate for the year is 11.83 per 1,000 of population,
as against 11.07 in the previous year, and the death-rate is
10.84, as against 11.68 in 1934. But the infant mortality rate
is 48.7, against 36 4 in the previous year—largely accounted for
by the deaths of 14 illegitimate infants in 1935.
There was no unusual cause of sickness or invalidity in the
area during the year.
An important event (from the point of view of health) in
the municipal history of Hornsey was the opening, on November
4th, 1935, by His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, of the new
Town Hall at Crouch End. Here the staffs of the various
departments work in ideal conditions of space, lighting, cleanliness,
ventilation and heating.
The closer touch of the Health and Education Departments
with the School Clinic has been of great assistance in the work,
and a further gain in this direction will be effected when the new
Maternity and Child Welfare Centre completes the Clinic building
in 1936.
I have the honour to be,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
R. P. GARROW,
Medical Officer of Health.