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PREFACE.
Public Health Offices,
Ilford.
May, 1929.
To his Worship the Mayor, the Aldermen, and Councillors
of the Borough of llford.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I herewith submit the Annual Report required by the Ministry
of Health and Board of Education.
The issue of the report could have been made somewhat earlier,
but the Registrar-General's estimate of the population was not
received by me until May 4th.
As I have pointed out in the report, the estimate of 113,500
appears to be a considerable under-estimate, and if grants under
the new Local Government Act are to be based on this figure, the
matter may be of some importance to the Council.
The year has been characterised by a particularly heavy incidence
of infectious diseases which has caused great strain on the
officials of the department. The attack rate of scarlet fever and of
diphtheria is the highest for the past five years; in addition, there
was a small outbreak of paratyphoid fever, and smallpox, on one
occasion, made its appearance in the town.