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11
BOROUGH OF BROMLEY.
Report of the Medical Officer of Health
for the year 1938.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Borough
of Bromley.
Madam Mayor, Madam and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit the Annual Report upon the Health
Services of the Borough for the year 1938.
The late publication of the report is due to the
stress of extra work entailed under the Air Raid Precaution
Services, and it is to the credit of the staff that
the report is able to be issued at all. The report is,
however, curtailed as much as possible.
A general survey indicates a steady maintenance
of the health of the people and a continued desire to use
the services, especially the Municipal Midwifery
Service, offered by the Local Authority.
The many new Public Health Acts and Orders and
duties under Civil Defence has increased the strain on
Department during times of national anxiety, but
it is good for all of us that we have been able to face
up to the difficulties of the past twelve months. This
report could well be filled with a record of the work
done successfully I believe, to provide a casualty service
the event of hostile air attack.
There was during 1938 a fall in the incidence of
the common types of infectious disease. There were
sporadic cases of food-poisoning, poliomyelitis and
cerebro-spinal fever, but happily none assumed epidemic
proportions.