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THE HEALTH OF EALING.
TO HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN
AND COUNCILLORS OF THE BOROUGH
OF EALING.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour of furnishing you with my
Annual Report relative to the vital statistics for the
year 1910, with a statement of the general sanitarywork
carried out during that period. I have much
gratification in doing so on this occasion, as the
account I have to render is one of the most favourable
in nearly all important respects it has been my djity
to present to you for many years. I have made it as
brief as possible, confining it generally to recorded
facts. I believe a consideration of the accompanying
Tables affords ground for much satisfaction and indicates
rather than otherwise a material improvement of
the excellent sanitary position we have almost invariably
occupied, and one which can safely challenge
comparison with any other place of equal importance
and population. As usual, I have been well supported
and served by Mr. Hill and his assistant inspectors,
who have performed their duties with diligence and
success, as the inspectors' tabular returns prove. It
will be seen by these that a large amount of work has
been carried out to the extent of 11,284 ordinary inspections,
including 1,946 visits to butchers' premises,
etc., and very rarely have their recommendations been
opposed or disregarded, or requiring compulsory
measures to be adopted.
Population.
The question of estimating our population, at all
times a somewhat intricate one for reasons I have
fully explained in previous reports, and which ground