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Public Health Department,
Municipal Offices,
Sheen Lane, S.W.14.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Borough of Barnes.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present my Annual Report for the year 1949.
As 1949 was the first complete year of the National Health Service
it was thus the first year in which the Maternity and Child Welfare
Services did not come under the Borough Council. However, for the
greater part of the year many of the members of the staff, transferred
to Surrey County Council in July, 1948, still remained in this department
pending reorganisation of these services.
During the year under review the health of the Borough has been
good, but Housing remains a terrifying problem and our list of cases
requiring housing on medical grounds still grows. It is obvious that
bad housing is a serious danger to health, mental as well as physical,
and people living under such conditions derive little benefit from the
medical services.
I should like to express my thanks to the Council for their continued
help and keen interest in matters relating to public health. Also I
must pay tribute to all the members of the staff for their good work
and loyal co-operation.
I have the honour to be,
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
ROSETTA HILL,
September, 1949. Medical Officer of Health.