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The Urban District Council of Action
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER
for the year ending 31st december, 1901
To the Chairman and Members of the Acton District Council.
Gentlemen,
I BEG to submit to you my Annual Report on the Health and
Sanitary Condition of Acton during 1901.
The general Death Rate is again satisfactory. We enjoyed a
remarkable immunity, compared with other districts, from the more
important Infectious Diseases, and with the exception of the Infant
Mortality, which I regret to say is again high, the health of the district
was above the average.
I have again, as in previous years, made suggestions for
diminishing the number of deaths of children under one year of age,
but we have a very difficult task, owing to the mothers leaving their
offspring to the care of others during their absence at the Laundries.
I beg to draw your attention to my remarks on Consumption,
and trust you will see your way clear to follow the course I have
suggested.
The purchase of the Friars Estate for an Isolation Hospital
is a matter for sincere congratulation, and in my opinion the site is
a good one. I have repeatedly pointed out for some years the great
need for such an Institution, and how much suffering, anxiety, and
danger is caused by having no means of Isolating cases of Infectious
Disease.