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Public Health Department,
Town Hall,
East Ham, E.6.
May, 1934.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
County Borough of East Ham.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit the Annual Report on the health and
sanitary circumstances of the Borough, together with the Report
to the Education Authority on the work of the School Medical
Service, for the year 1933.
The Report is based on the "Circular as to the Contents and
Arrangement of the Annual Report of Medical Officers of Health
for 1933" issued by the Ministry of Health and, as directed, the
information contained therein is limited to a record of alterations,
improvements, and developments which have taken place during
the year.
I desire, firstly, to refer to Dr. W. Benton's eminent services
to the Borough as Medical Officer of Health for the past twentytwo
years, to express appreciation of his many achievements, and
the admiration and gratitude of members of the staff for his
example of energy and enthusiasm in the cause of public health.
It is only by a complete survey of the service, as contained
in the numerous reports presented by him during his long period
of administration, that it is possible to assess the benefits conferred
by the inauguration and extension of public health measures.
These have resulted in a higher standard of physical wellbeing,
and a marked diminution—in some instances a complete
absence—of deleterious conditions which formerly menaced the
health of the residents of the Borough.
It will be my earnest endeavour to further such progress.
The previous Report reviewed the public health work of the
Council for a considerable period, and I have therefore omitted