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PREFACE.
Public Health Department,
Ilford.
March 22nd, 1921.
To the Chairman and Members of the
ILFORD URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present herewith my Annual Report,
which has been drawn up and classified in accordance with the
recent instructions of the Ministry of Health and Board of Education.
I am indebted to the Surveyor for details regarding Sewerage,
Refuse Collection and the Housing Schemes, all of which
subjects fall within his province.
A comparison with the Report of last year will show a large
increase in the work, more particularly in connection with the
Infant Welfare and the School Medical Services.
Several much needed improvements have been carried out
during the year, including the re-decoration of the Isolation
Hospital and Maternity Home, and the enlargement of the Public
Health Offices and School Clinic.
The appointment of two additional Health Visitors has
enabled me to relieve the Head Teachers of the Schools of a good
deal of work which they commenced voluntarily and which
recently had so increased as to become a burden.
The death-rate again shows a decline, while the infant
mortality rate is the lowest yet recorded for the district. Infectious
diseases have still been unduly prevalent, and the Isolation
Hospital has been working at high pressure during the winter
months.