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To the
MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COUNCILLORS
OF THE
BOROUGH OF SOUTHGATE.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you the Annual Report for the
year 1934.
The year under review immediately precedes that in which the
quinquennial report is submitted, and for this reason the information
contained in the present Report is strictly limited to necessary
requirements.
The vital statistics for 1934 present little that is outstanding.
The birth and death rates have not materially altered, while the
Infantile Mortality figures are also more or less unchanged. There
has been a rise in the number of cases of infectious diseases notified,
but no more than one would expect following the low figures of the
past few years. It will be appreciated that, with the comparatively
small numbers dealt with in Southgate, minor increases or
decreases become more obvious than would be the case in a larger
district.
Apart from notifiable infectious diseases, a very large increase
took place in the number of measles cases notified during the first
quarter of the year, Southgate being affected in the nation-wide
epidemic.
An interesting feature of the year's work has been the equipping
and operation of a laboratory at the Isolation Hospital for the
use of the Hospital and the Borough as a whole. This has proved
of great service and has also effected a considerable economy in the
cost of bacteriological examinations.
As before, Dr. Tate, the County Medical Officer of Health, has
kindly supplied the statistics relating to School Clinics and Public
Elementary Schools.
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