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Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
Town Hall,
Old Street, E.C. 1.
July, 1930.
To the MAYOR, ALDERMEN and COUNCILLORS
of the Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch.
Sir, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present my Annual Report for the year 1929. It will be
seen that the death rate was higher than it has been for several years, and that this is
mainly to be attributed to the very cold weather at the commencement of the year.
Towards the end of the year the Borough was visited by smallpox of the mild
type that has been prevalent in the Country for the last ten years. This once serious
disease now fortunately shows itself as little more than a trivial complaint. The
regulations in force, however, make an epidemic a most serious matter, both for the
many people who must be under administrative surveillance and for the public
health department that finds its routine sanitary work falling into arrear.
When introducing my report for the year 1928 I referred to the question of
reorganization. At the beginning of the year now under consideration a new post
was made, that of Administrative Assistant and Chief Clerk. The duties of this
office extend equally over both sections of the Department, namely, Health and
Maternity and Child Welfare, with the result that better co-ordination has been
secured and that I have been able to devote more of my time to matters directly
related to the health of the Borough. Mr. E. G. Wilsher was appointed to this
position, and I wish to place on record my appreciation of the fact that this appointment
has proved a great benefit to the whole department.