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To the Chairman and Members of the
Urban District Council of Finchley.
April, 1929.
Mr. Chairman, Mrs. Timberlake and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my annual report for
1928 on the health of the Urban District of Finchley.
The vital statistics are very satisfactory. The
general death-rate has fallen the birth-rate has risen,
and the infantile mortality rate is the second lowest on
record.
During the year there were fairly wide-spread
epidemics of whooping cough and measles, and I am
sorry to say that parents still treat these diseases far
too lightly in spite of the fact that they are the most
deadly of the common infectious diseases of childhood.
No less than 17 young children died from these two
diseases in 1928. The incidence of the other infectious
diseases was about the average.
The district has been fortunate in keeping free from
Smallpox, although there have been many cases throughout
the London area.
I am pleased to say that the whole staff of the department
have done excellent work throughout the year,
and my special thanks are due to the Chief Sanitary
Inspector, Mr. Franklin, for his invaluable and everready
assistance.
I am,
Mr, Chairman, Mrs. Timberlake and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
A. TURNER,
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