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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1940.
Public Health Department,
Town Hall,
Acton, W.3.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Borough of Acton.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit the annual report on the health of the Borough
for the year 1940'. The report of the School Medical Service is given
at the end as a separate report.
This year's annual report is curtailed, as requested by the
Ministry of Health, and contains only the essential information with
regard to statistics and general work of the Health department.
As a result of Mr. Kinch, Chief Sanitary Inspector, retiring in
December, 1939, Mr. Jenkins was appointed Chief Sanitary
Inspector. Mr. Cackett was appointed as temporary Sanitary
Inspector in March, 1940, and the Council in December confirmed
his appointment to the permanent staff.
The statistics for the Borough show that the Birth Rate per
1,000 of the population is 14.04 as compared with 11.7 for 1939.
The death rate for 1940 is 14.7 as compared with 10.1 for 1939.
The Infantile Mortality rate of children under 1 year is 58.3 as
compared with 59 for 1939. There were two deaths caused by