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Report of the
Medical Officer of Health
Municipal Offices,
Kingston-upon-Thames,
March, 1932.
To the Corporation of Kingston-upon-Thames.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present my Annual Report for
the year 1931.
Circular 1206 (Ministry of Health) indicates the lines
to be followed by the Annual Report of the Medical Officer
of Health for 1*931, and draws attention to the necessity
for revision of headings under which housing statistics have
been given in recent years in view of the alterations made
by the Housing Act, 1930.
In May, the Public Health Department, previously
housed in Clattern Lodge, High Street, and the Maternity
and Child Welfare Centres previously held at the Y.M.C.A.
Hall, Eden Street, and St. Peter's Hall, Washington Road,
were transferred to the new building in Grange Road, which
is described in the Report of the School Medical Officer.
This Centralisation of Public Health, School Medical,
and Maternity and Child Welfare Services under one roof
has greatly facilitated administration, and has resulted in
closer co-ordination of these services with increased efficiency
and benefit to the Borough.
The discontinuance of my motor-car allowance on
April 1st has restricted my personal activities in the district
since that date.
It is fortunate that the year under review has been
one of exceptional freedom from infectious diseases, measles
having been completely absent, an immunity which is reflected
in the very high percentage attendances in the
Public Elementary Schools,