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For the information of the Press.
London County Council.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 1935-VOLUME III
(PART I)-REPORT OF THE COUNTY MEDICAL OFFICER
OF HEALTH.
The London County Council announces the publication of
Vol. Ill (Part i) of the Annual Report of the Council for 1935,
consisting of a section of the report of the County Medical
Officer of Health, Sir Frederick Menzies. The volume, which can
be obtained from the Council's publishers, P. S. King & Son,
Ltd., price Is., deals with a great variety of subjects,
including vital statistics, slum clearance, the treatment of
tuberculosis, the Midwives Acts and a wide range of other aspects
of public health work. Other volumes of the report, published
separately, deal with the Council's hospitals and with the school
medical service, and the whole provides evidence of the manifold
ramifications of the work of the Council as public health
authority.
P. 7
Two interesting points which emerge from the section on
"vital statistics" are that there has been a noteworthy reduction
in the number of deaths from street accidents (from 752 in 1934
to 531 in 1935), and that the infant mortality rate, 58 Per
1,000 births, is the lowest recorded for London.
pp. 8-13
Details are given as to the migration of population, so
far as the County is concerned, during the period 1841-1931.
Until l88l there was a definite inflow into the County, but since
that date the flow has been outwards. The maximum migration
"in" was in the decennium 1841-51, when it was 251,185. The
maximum migration "out" was in 1901-11, when it was 523,091.
During 1921-31 the migration "out" was 324,698, and in the same
period there was an increase of 8ll,26l in the population of the
"outer ring" of London. These figures for the administrative
county show the net result of immigration and emigration, and
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