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MEDICAL OFFICER'S ANNUAL REPORT
Public Health Department,
Town Hall,
Hayes, Middlesex.
July, 1951.
To the Chairman and Members of the Council,
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to present to you the Forty-Sixth Annual Report on the
health of your Urban District.
The death-rate this year has fallen to 6.77 per 1,000 of the
population. The infantile death-rate, that is the number of
deaths in infants under one year per 1,000 live births, is the
lowest ever recorded, the figure being 18.39.
Poliomyelitis was responsible for four deaths, which occurred
in the late summer and autumn. There was no death from diphtheria.
During the year the Food Hygiene Guild has been active in
its attempts to instruct the public and food-shopkeepers in the
importance of cleanliness in the handling of food. The Chairman
of the Public Health Committee has taken a leading part in this
campaign, being assisted therein by the Chief Sanitary Inspector.
This will, doubtless, have a progressive effect, with consequent
diminution in the incidence of "dirt " diseases.
Housing continues to be a problem. One hundred and eightythree
permanent houses were built during the year and five houses
re-built after destruction toy bombs, but this has resulted in no
great reduction in the waiting-list for houses.
It will be seen that, on the whole, the health of the Urban
District is very good.
The figures in this Report have been prepared by the Chief
Sanitary Inspector.
I have the honour to be,
Your obedient Servant,
J. STANLEY LLOYD,
Medical Officer of Health.
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