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Public Health Department.
Convent School,
Earlham Grove,
Wood Green, N.22.
14th September, 1943.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors,
of the Borough of Wood Green.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
T beg to submit my Annual Report as Medical Officer of Health
for the year 1942. The Report is very much reduced in length, in
accordance with the instructions of the Ministry of Health, and
gives only a bare outline of the work of the Health Department
during the year.
The vital statistics are on the whole satisfactory, the Birth
Rate higher than it has been since 1923, and the Death Rate a
little lower than in 1941. The Infantile Mortality Rate—37 per
1,000 live births—is higher than it was in 1941, the corresponding
rate then of 31 being the lowest ever recorded in Wood Green.
There has been no serious epidemic of infectious disease, and there
is no evidence suggesting serious deterioration in the health of the
community such as plight be expected in the third year of a world
war.
The normal health services have been maintained without
diminution, and I wish to express my thanks to every member of
my staff for their loyal co-operation throughout the year.
Your obedient servant,
MALCOLM MANSON,
Medical Officer of Health.