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To the Board of Works for the Wandsworth District.
Gentlemen,
We have the honour to present our Annual Report
on the Health, Sanitary Condition, and Vital Statistics
of the Wandsworth District, for the year 1898.
While the statistics do not show that the health
of the district was so good as in 1897, the various rates
do not compare unfavourably with those of former years,
the year 1897 having been an exceptionally healthy one.
The Report also shows that a very large amount
of general sanitary work has been carried out, and that
the duties devolving on us and the staff under our
direction have of late years increased greatly, so much
so, in parts of the district, as to severely tax its present
capacity.
We have the honour to remain,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servants,
THE MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HEALTH
for the Wandsworth District.