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PREFACE.
Public Health Department,
Ilford,
11th February, 1913.
To the Chairman and Members of the
ILFORD URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
Gentlemen,
In accordance with the regulations of the Local
Government Board and the Board of Education, I herewith
present my Annual Report for the year 1912. This makes
the twelfth I have had the honour to place before you on the
health of this district, and the fifth under the Education
(Administrative Provisions) Act, 1907.
As will be seen, the general death-rate for the year
1912 was low, and the general health of the district as is
exemplified in the various sections has been good. The
inauguration of the laboratory and the work carried out
by Dr. Oates in connection with it has been of great benefit.
A full account of his work in the schools will also be found
in the School Section, and I think it will be agreed the
results point to a good year's work in this direction.
With regard to the Isolation Hospital, the question of
the extension of laundry accommodation, to which I drew
attention last year, has been put in hand and is rapidly
nearing completion.
At the end of the year, application was received from
the County Insurance Committee to allot six beds at the
Isolation Hospital for Tuberculosis patients. This is a