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Public Health Department,
Town Hall.
Ealing, W. 5.
18th July, 1921.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Borough of Ealing.
Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit to you the Annual Report
for the year 1920 on the health of the Borough, and
on the work of the Public Health Department.
In submitting the Report I take the opportunity
of drawing attention to two matters: the first is the
splendid position as regards health statistics which
Ealing holds compared with other districts, and the
second is the actual annual cost of the Public Health
Department.
As regards the first I shall refer to the Quarterly
Report of the Registrar-General dated the 31st January,
1921, in which are given statistics for the year 1920
relating to the health of the 96 Great Towns in which
Ealing is included. It is shown that of the Great
Towns Ealing has the lowest death-rate except one,
having a general death-rate of 8.9 per 1,000 of population,
Wimbledon having the lowest with a rate of 8.8,
Ilford having the same as that of Ealing, the average for
the whole of the Great Towns being 12.5. Ealing is
also shown as having the third lowest infant death-rate,
the rate being 49, compared with the average for the
Great Towns of 85. The rates for Ealing, however,
have been lowered by the recent corrected figures to
8.8 and 47 respectively, making the general death-rate
the lowest, equal with Wimbledon, but keeping the