View report page

Acton Urban District Council.
Annual Report of the Medical Officer.
For the year ending just December, 1903.
To the Chairman and Members
of the Urban District Council.
Gentlemen,
I beg to submit my tenth Annual Report, concerning
the health and Sanitary Conditions of your town.
During July and August we experienced a succession of severe
rainstorms, which not only cooled the air and prevented the
dissemination of dust, but scoured the streets and sewers. It is
unfortunate that a wet Summer—which to most people is a source
of sorrow and regret—should to Medical Officers of Health, be the
occasion for rejoicing, for with a cool Summer the Infantile mortality
is lowered. In consequence I have to report a marked decrease in
the General Death Rate, the Infantile Death Rate and the Zymotic
Death Rate.
I think we are exceptionally fortunate with such a large
number of children to have a Zymotic Death Rate of 1 per 1000 and
I question whether any district with a population comparable to our
own could shew such figures.
I would also draw your attention to the fact that there has not
been a single death from measles.
The Acton Improvement Bill which will shortly be submitted