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THE COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF SOUTH ALL, 1945.
Members of the Public Health Committee (which also functions as a Maternity and
Child Welfare Committee) are denoted by an asterisk.
HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR
*COUNCILLOR F. J. MARKS, J.P.
Deputy Mayor :
*Councillor J. M. Sturgeon, J.P.
Aldermen :
*Amos, Mrs. F. S. *Gardner, F. E. Hamblin, E. B. *Hutchings, C.
Neighbour, D. C. *Smith, F. G. (Chairman of the Public Health Committee).
Braine, E. W. H.
*Cox, E. W.
Dane, A. T.
Davies, R. L.
*Douglas, H. C.
Dormer, J. G.
Councillors :
Hopkins, W. H.
*Kimberley, T.
*Lewis, J. F.
*Lowe, J.
Luckett, F. H.
*Lye, A. E.
Pargiter, G. A.
Steed, Mrs. J. S.
*Tunbridge, F. J.
Ward, J. H.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Borough of Southall.
MR. MAYOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
I have the honour to present the 49th Annual Report on the health and sanitary
circumstances of the Borough for the year 1945.
This has been a year of re-establishment and expansion of public health work in
Southall. The end of the war and the return of evacuees from their various billets in other
areas has resulted in a more stable population, enabling health visiting and propaganda
work to become more continuous and effective.
The health of the population continues to be good. The Birth Rate showed a slight
decrease following a regular increase every year since 1941, but it remains comparatively
high at 16.68.
The death rate showed a slight increase, but the most notable feature of the vital
statistics is the very great decrease in the infant mortality rate from 45 9 in 1944 to 30.8 in
1945, and this figure compared very favourably with most districts whether urban or rural.
The low figure for puerperal pyrexia and the absence of maternal deaths is also
satisfactory.
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