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SOCIAL CONDITIONS AND OCCUPATION OF THE
INHABITANTS.
The district is mainly a residential one; more than fifty per
cent. of the employed persons living in Barnes have their place of work
outside the Borough, mostly in London, and the occupations they
follow are therefore very diverse in character.
There are relatively few industries in the Borough. In none
of the trades and industries carried on in the district has evidence
been forthcoming of any detrimental effect on health connected with
conditions of occupation.
VITAL STATISTICS.
In the absence of information from the Registrar General with
regard to the births and deaths assignable to this Borough during
1939, I am unable to comment on the vital statistics for the year.
The Statistical Summary for the year 1939, and the comparative
vital statistics with reference to birth-rate, death-rate, infantile
mortality, zymotic death-rate and deaths from various causes will
be given in tabular form in the Appendix when this information is
available.
section ii.
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
IN THE AREA.
(1) PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF.
A list of the members of the staff of the Public Health
Department, with their qualifications, has been incorporated at the
beginning of this Report. Information as to the duties performed
by them was given in my Annual Report for the Year 1938, and
these duties remained the same during 1939 except for additional
work in connection with Air Raid Precautions.
The Officers to whose salary contribution is made under the
Public Health Acts or by Exchequer Grants are the Medical
Officer of Health, the Assistant Medical Officer for Maternity and
Child Welfare, the Chief Sanitary Inspector, and the three Health
Visitors.