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St Mary (Battersea) 1890

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea]

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51
In conclusion I would again remark on the increased length
of life in Battersea as compared with 20 years ago, at which
period about 24 persons died in every thousand of the population
whilst this year the mortality has fallen to 16 per thousand,
consequently the average age of our inhabitants attained at the
present time must be many years in excess of that period and it
is worthy of remark that this year's is not an exceptional one but
that the improvement in the health of the people has been
gradually progressive. It can hardly be expected that such
improvement can be continuous, but the Vestry may rest assured
that its officers will continue to preserve the same active
measures for the suppression of all those nuisances which are
calculated to have an injurious effect on the welfare of the people.
I have to express my thanks to the Vestry for the support
always accorded me, and my satisfaction of the work done by
Inspectors Crane and Young, also of Chief Inspector Richards,
who with a considerable amount of increased duties has carried
them out in a way which has commended itself.
JOSEPH OAKMAN,
Medical Officer of Health, West Battersea.