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Public Health Department,
White Hart Lane (Old) School,
Wood Green, N.22.
August 27th, 1947.
To the Mayor, Alderman and Councillors,
of the Borough of Wood Green.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to present to you my Annual Report as Medical Officer
of Health for the year 1946. The Report is necessarily a short one
and gives little more than an outline of the work of the Health
Department throughout the year.
The year has been a good one so far as the general health of the
community is concerned. There has been comparitively little
infectious disease. For the seventh year in succession there has
been no death from diphtheria in the borough, nor has there been a
death during the year from any of the commoner infectious diseases.
The Birth-Rate is the highest recorded since 1920, the Death-Rate is
appreciably lower than that for the previous year and the Infantile
Mortality Rate of 34 per 1,000 live births, while not so good as that
for 1945, compares favourably with the rate for the country as a
whole.
I wish to express my thanks to the Chairman and members
of the Public Health and Maternity and Child Welfare Committees
for their support, and to all the members of my staff for their loyal
co-operation in the work of the Health Department throughout the
year.
Your obedient servant,
MALCOLM MANSON,
Medical Officer of Health.