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To the Chairman and Members of the Finchley Urban
District Council.
Gentlemen,—
I beg to present to you my report on the health of the
Finchley Urban District for the year 1908.
The Vital Statistics are very favourable. The death rate
is the lowest on record for Finchley. The Infantile Mortality
is also the lowest on record.
The birth rate shows a distinct decline, and is the lowest
recorded in Finchley.
The rapid increase in the population has necessitated
further Isolation Hospital accommodation. A special SubCommittee
has been appointed to enquire into the whole
matter.
A properly constructed Refuse Destructor is needed, and the
Surveyor has been instructed to report on the matter.
The Finchley Urban District Council Act came into operation
in 1908, which has entailed considerably more work on the
Public Health Department, and before long additional assistance
will probably be required.
In December last Mr. Overed, M.R.C.V.S., was appointed
Veterinary Surgeon to the Council in order to put the
Model Milk Clauses contained in the Local Act, into full
operation.
It is with much pleasure that I record the highly efficient
manner in which your Chief Sanitary Inspector, Mr. Franklin,
has carried out his duties, and also the excellent work performed
by your Assistant Inspector, Mr. Robinson.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
J. R. PRIOR.
Council Offices,
Finchley, N.
March, 1909.