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TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE
FINCHLEY DISTRICT COUNCIL.
Gentlemen,
During the first half of the period covered by this Report
your late Medical Officer of Health, Professor Kenwood, was
responsible for the executive work of the Public Health
Department, although during a part of this period I was
assisting him; he has, therefore, revised my statements in
so far as they deal with the earlier portion of the year, and
he has appended to this Report a full statement dealing
with the outbreak of illness (due to milk) at the beginning
of last year.
The vital statistics of 1904 do not compare favourably
with those of the preceding year, but when we come to compare
the statistics of Finchley with those of England and
Wales generally during the corresponding period, it will be
seen that there is not much cause for anxiety.