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Report of the
Medical Officer of Health.
Municipal Offices,
Kingston-upon-Thames,
March, 1930.
To the Corporation of Kingston-upon-Thames.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present my Annual Report for
the year 1929.
Circular 1048 (Ministry of Health) directs that the
Annual Report for 1929 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.
The severe winter caused a high mortality rate among
elderly people.
The incidence of Infectious Diseases generally was
low apart from an outbreak of Diphtheria in the autumn.
Further progress was made in Maternity and Child
Welfare work by an additional Ante-natal Session per
month being commenced in December.
In September, the sudden death of Dr. Winifred
Warner deprived us of a most valued colleague and friend.
Dr. Warner had presided at the Infant Welfare Centres
for over eleven years and had become a universal favourite.
Her loss is deeply mourned. by all.
Dr. Olive Aubrey was appointed to succeed her at the
Centres, and Dr. Ruth Townshend as Special Medical
Officer for Ante-Natal work.
The work of the Public Health Department continues
to steadily increase and is becoming extremely difficult to
handle efficiently, largely due to the fact that the Public
Health Office and the School Medical Department are situated
nearly a mile apart,