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Conclusion.
The general picture of health in the borough is thus an outline of defects which must be
overcome; of unsatisfactory housing conditions; and a slow start to build the post-war St.
Pancras we all desire to see. To the Medical Officer of Health, however, it has been a year of
hope, for he has seen plans conceived which when materialised will vastly improve the health
of the borough. It is, moreover, a year of achievement, in that the vital statistics are good
and the infantile mortality rate the lowest yet recorded. It is a year that foreshadows a.
future better than the past.
This report would not be complete were I not to pay a tribute to the staff of the Public
Health Department, and to my colleagues whose ever ready help and co-operation I have
keenly appreciated. I have also received every help and support from the medical
practitioners of the district and from the staffs of the many hospitals in the borough with whom
it has been a pleasure to work. No Medical Officer of Health could have received more help
or support from the Committees with which he has been associated than I have during 1945,
and I would take this opportunity of thanking the Chairman and members of these committees
and the Council for their courtesy at all times.
I beg to remain, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
DENNIS H. GEFFEN,
Medical Officer of Health.