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PREFACE.
To the Mayor, Aldervien, and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich.
Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,
I have pleasure in presenting you with 1113' Fifth Annual
Report, which shows an even more satisfactory condition of the
health of the Borough than I reported last year.
The General and Infantile Death Rates were the lowest on
record, three Metropolitan Boroughs only having a lower death
rate than Woolwich.
The incidence of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria at Elementary
Schools and the Sanatorium Treatment of Phthisis are specially
dealt with in the body of the Report, and Special Reports on
Measles and School Closure and Zymotic Enteritis will be
found in Appendices.
I have to acknowledge, with thanks, the loyal assistance of
the Chief Sanitary Inspector, and have pleasure in recognising
the assistance of the Clerical Staff in preparing this Report.
My thanks are due to the Public Health Committee for the
way in which they have received the recommendations I have
made on behalf of the Public Health.
I am,
Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
SIDNEY DA VIES.
May, 1906.