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TO THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COUNCILLORS OF
THE BOROUGH OF LEYTON.
Mb. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present herewith my Annual Report on the
health, sanitary circumstances and vital statistics of the Borough
of Leyton during the year 1937, together with my Annual Report
to the Education Authority on the work of the school medical
service during the year. These reports are drawn up on the lines
required by the Ministry of Health and the Board of Education.
In previous years I have endeavoured to include in this preamble
to my Report a short survey of matter contained in the
following pages; but with the ever-increasing scope and duties
of the public health, maternity and child welfare, and school
medical services it has become more difficult and more invidious
to select material for such an introductory survey.
The following pages contain of necessity much information in
the form of figures and facts required by the Ministry of Health
and the Board of Education ; but they also contain general observations—and
special reports contributed by members of the
medical staff—on many aspects of your medical and health services
which are of current interest and merit special attention. On
pages 238 to 241 at the end of the Report will be found an index
designed to facilitate easy reference.
On 30th July, 1937, your Council, as the Local Supervising
Authority under the Midwives Acts, put into operation its proposals
for the establishment of a domiciliary service of whole-time salaried
midwives in the area in accordance with the provisions of the
Midwives Act, 1936; and on 1st September your Education
Authority took over from the Essex County Council the duties and
responsibilities pertaining to the medical and dental examination
and treatment of pupils attending County Secondary Schools and
Institutions for Higher Education in the area. Detailed reports
regarding these new services are submitted.