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THE COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF SOUTHALL
THE WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR
*Alderman A. T. Dane, J.P.
Deputy Mayor:
*Councillor P. G. Southey
Aldermen:
Cavell, Mrs. I., J.P. Douglas, H. C. Hopkins, W. H., J.P.
*Dane, A. T., J.P. *Haigh, J., J.P. Love, P. J.
Councillors:
Aspell, T. J. A. Hook, R. E. *†Southey, P. G.
*Barton, A. J. *Johnston, J. Steele, T. J.
*Berry, W. M. D. *Jones, Mrs. E. W. (Chairman) *†Thornton, C. B., Ph.D.
Day, F. R. Lamb, W. G. Ward, E.
Errington, F. G. *Rockhill, F. R. J. *Ward, J. H.
*Griffiths, Mrs. M. C. *†sheil, E. J. Woodruff, J. A. T., J.P.
*Members of the Public Health Committee
†Members of the Area Health Committee (Area No. 9)
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Borough of Southall.
MR. MAYOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
I have the honour to present the 74th and last report on the health of the population
of Southall Borough, as the amalgamation of the Borough with Ealing and Acton to form
the new London Borough of Ealing takes place on 1st April, 1965.
This Report has had to be prepared without correlation with the calculated statistics
from the Registrar-General or the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
because the book had to be finished before 31st March and these statistics are not available
so early in the year. But any variation is likely to be of small importance.
The health of the people has continued to be good. The birth rate fell a little below
the alarmingly high rates of recent years, the death rate and infant mortality rate both
fell considerably, and there was no outbreak of infectious disease. Southall has maintained
throughout the years of its existence a good record with regard to infectious disease,
national waves of infection usually arriving, if they reached the Borough at all, later than
to the neighbouring Boroughs, and finishing sooner.
Work has been routine during the year and comment on individual sections of the
service can be found in the appropriate chapters.
At this moment it seems a good thing to study the progress of public health in the
Borough since the onset of the last War—a period of 25 years.
From 1939-1946 the Public Health Department controlled the Environmental Service,
the Maternity and Child Welfare Service, the Ambulance Service, and a small Infectious
Disease Hospital, and in addition from 1946-1948, the School Health Service.
In 1948, resulting from the National Health Service Act, the Maternity and Child
Welfare Service, the Ambulance Service and the School Health Service control was taken
over by the County Council and managed in Areas, Southall being included in an area
having also Heston & Isleworth and Brentford & Chiswick. The Ambulance Service was
taken by the County Council and the Hospital by the Regional Hospital Board.
On the credit side, there has been steady improvement in the services for the control of
infectious disease, for the inspection and improvement of the homes and workplaces of
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