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annual report
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1941.
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 1941. 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.
The statistics for the Borough show that the birth rate per
thousand of the population is 14.4 as compared with 14.0 in 1940.
The death rate for 1941 is 12.5 as compared with 14.7 for 1940.
The infantile mortality rate of children under one year is 47.8
as compared with 58.3 in 1940.
In 1940 the death rate of maternal cases was 2.6 as compared
with 2.9 in 1941. Actually there were the same number of cases in
both year but the Registrar General estimates the population of
action lawer than in 1940 and thus, the death rate is higher this year.
During 1941, although the birth rate has only increased slightly,
It would appear that by the large number of expectant mothers
attending the ante-natal clinics, that the expectant mother is making
a free use of the clinics.