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5
LONDON BOROUGH OF CROYDON
annual report
of the medical officer of health
and
principal school medical officer
for the year 1965
To the Chairman and Members of the Health Committee
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
I have the honour to present the first Annual Report on the
health of the people of the London Borough of Croydon and the
relevant services of the Corporation, for the year ending
December 31st 1965,
Statistics
Although the London Borough became the local authority as
from April 1st, statistics for the first 3 months of the year
for the two constituent authorities have been aggregated and
added, so that a period of 12 months is covered. Comments on the
figures which are deemed to reflect health conditions are difficult
to make, as there are no returns for previous years which
are strictly comparable. Nevertheless it seems that apart from
the infant mortality rate which was greater in 1965 than in
either of the constituent authority's areas in 1964, both the
former County Borough and the Urban District maintained their
usual pattern of steady improvements. It is especially noteworthy
that although there were nearly 6,000 births, tnere was not
a single death throughout the year associated with pregnancy or