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Report of the
Medical Officer of Health.
Municipal Offices,
Kingston-upon-Thames,
March, 1929.
To the Corporation of Kingston-upon-Thames.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present my Annual Report for the
year 1928.
Circular 939 (Ministry of Health) directs that the Annual
Report for 1928 will be an Ordinary Report; that is, a report
of a more simple character than the full Survey Report which
the Medical Officer of Health was asked to prepare for 1925.
A Special Report on an outbreak of Smallpox which
occurred in May is embodied in this Annual Report.
Diphtheria was prevalent in the Borough this year.
Health Education has been continued by weekly
" talks " at the Infant Welfare Centres. A full programme
of Lectures was given at the Library Hall during Baby
Week, and a Public Lecture on Tuberculosis was delivered
by Dr. S. G. Peill, from the National Association for the
Prevention of Tuberculosis.
We are proud that, for the second year in succession,
the Baby Week Campaign was awarded a Certificate of
Merit in connection with the Astor Challenge Shield Competition.
Meat Inspection still occupies much of the Sanitary
Inspectors' time, and necessitates a considerable amount of
evening work.
I thank Mr. H. T. Perry, your Chief Sanitary Inspector,
and all members of the Staff of the Public Health Department
for their untiring support throughout a strenuous
year.
I am, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
E. W. MATTHEWS,
Medical Officer of Health.