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Annual Report for the Year 1937
OF THE
Medical Officer of Health.
May, 1938.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Borough of Hendon.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my eighth Annual Report on
the health conditions of the Borough for the year 1937.
There have been a number of important legislative
developments affecting the public health, the most important
of these being the Public Health Act, 1936, which came into
operation on 1st October, 1937.
The Council were successful in their application to become
the Supervising Authority under the Midwives Acts and their
Scheme for the provision of a Domiciliary Midwifery Service
has now received the approval of the Minister of Health and
will be in operation in the near future.
It will be seen from the tables in the body of the report
that there has been a steady increase in the numbers attending
the Health Centres, partly accounted for by the continuous
development of the Borough and partly by the fact
that more publicity is being given to health matters, with
a consequent growth of health consciousness on the part of
the community.
The Council have been appreciative of this outlook and
have continued their progressive policy in all matters affecting
the public health and have given sympathetic consideration
to every suggestion likely to result in an improvement
of the services.
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