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annual report
OF THE
Medical Officer of Health
FOR THE YEAR 1934.
Public Health Department,
Municipal Offices,
Acton, W.3.
To fix Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Borough of Acton.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I herewith submit the Annual Report required by the Ministry
Health, together with the Annual Report on the School Medical
Services.
Incidentally, I may mention that this is the 30th Annual
Refwt which I have submitted to the Council since my appointment
Area.—A rearrangement of boundaries was made by the
County Council and the order came into force on April 1st, 1934. The
changes affected chiefly the Acton and the Brentford and Chiswick
Councils, but a small readjustment also was between the Acton and
Councils. The net result has been an increase in the area from
2305 acres to 2,317 acres, and a loss of rateable value of between
£3,000and £4,000.
Rateable Value.—The rateable value of the borough on 1st
Apnl, 1934, was £763,441, and the sum represented by a penny rate
£2,969 (year ended 31st March, 1934).
The number of inhabited houses, according to the Rate Books
31st March, 1934, was 16,060.