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Public Health Department,
Town Hall,
Marylebone Road, N.W.1.
25th June, 1926.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Metropolitan Borough of
St. Marylebone.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour, as Medical Officer of Health, to submit my
Annual Report on the Health of the Borough of St. Marylebone during
the year 1925.
Like the report for 1919 it is a "Survey Report" and is on similar lines
to those followed when reporting with regard to that year. Being the second
of the series of such reports, in making it an opportunity has been taken of
comparing figures as to various matters in the two periods. For the reason
that in 1919 conditions were still very abnormal after the war, comparisons
are not easy or quite fair. It is interesting to note, however, that the
improvement, as judged from such figures as those of infantile mortality, is
very marked, 1925 giving a rate of 63.0 per 1,000 births as against 98.5 for
1919.
I desire to thank the Public Health Committee for the help and kindness
they continue to show me. Under Mr. Hugh Jones, the chairman, they have
displayed the greatest interest in the work and are always ready to give
consideration to any suggestion likely to lead to the betterment of health
conditions within the Borough, and to offer to me guidance and encouragement
as occasion requires.
The staff of the department have never flagged, either in their interest in
the work or their loyalty or their devotion to duty.
I am,
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
CHARLES PORTER,
Medical Officer of Health.