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Public Health Department.
Town Hall,
East Ham, E.6.
May, 1933.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
County Borough of East Ham.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit my Annual Report on the health and
sanitary circumstances of the Borough, together with my Report
to the Education Authority on the work of the School Medical
Service, for the year 1932.
The report is based on the "Circular as to the Contents and
Arrangement of the Annual Report of Medical Officers of Health
for 1932 " issued by the Ministry of Health.
This is the last Annual Report it will be my privilege to
submit to you.
Since my appointment as your Medical Officer of Health the
duties of a Health Department have increased very considerably,
especially in connection with Maternity and Child Welfare and
the School Medical Service.
From the date of my appointment, 49 Acts of Parliament
have become law—in addition to numerous Orders, Regulations
and Bye-laws—dealing with matters relating to Public Health.
It is very gratifying—before relinquishing the duties of my
office—to be able to state that of recent years there has been a
decline in the incidence of Tuberculosis. Although the number
of notifications has shown little decline, Scarlet Fever is now of a
much milder type than formerly was the case.
Smallpox, in an epidemic form, has threatened the Borough
on several occasions, generally by importation from other
Boroughs in close proximity, but has always been checked, and