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PREFACE
STAFF AND DUTIES
There were no changes in the staff of the department during the
year.
SECTION 'A' — STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA
The Registrar General supplies local authorities with "Comparability
Factors" in respect of births and deaths, and you will see
that these have been used in the compilation of the various statistics.
I would explain that the use of the factors supplied by the Registrar
General gives corrected figures to the local rates, enabling truer comparisons
to be made with the remainder of the country—i.e. as though
the ages and sexes of the local population were in the same proportion
as those for the whole country.
The Borough of Barnes, in the County of Surrey, is situated on
the South Bank of the River Thames between Richmond and Putney.
One of the great advantages of the Borough is the fact that open
spaces comprise almost half of its area, including Richmond Park, the
River Thames, Barnes Common, Sheen Common, and other parks and
recreation grounds.
The Borough is mainly residential in character with some light
industry.
SECTION 'B' — GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH
SERVICES IN THE AREA
(a) Laboratory Facilities
Public Health Laboratory, Epsom — accepts all pathological
specimens and the staff are very helpful in advising in
outbreaks of dysentery, food poisoning etc.
Colindale, Central Public Health Laboratory — carries out
special investigations.
Richmond Royal Hospital Laboratory — deals with pathological
specimens from the general practitioners.
(b) Ambulance Facilities
The Ambulance Service is based at Kings Road, Richmond, and
comes under direction of the Control Station at Maiden. It is administered
by Surrey County Council.