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Telephone:
PROspect 3443.
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 the Annual Report of the Medical
Officer of Health for the year 1959, upon the Sanitary Circumstances,
Sanitary Administration and Vital Statistics of the Borough.
The form of the Report is in accordance with the instructions of
the Minister of Health, and special mention is made of certain subjects
at the Minister's request. The Report is in two parts — a Preface
in which reference is made to items of particular interest, and an
Appendix in which is tabulated the statistics relating to the health
of the district and the work done by the Public Health Inspectors.
After twelve years' service Dr. Rosetta Hill resigned her appointment
as your Medical Officer of Health, and left at the end of August
to take up duties in another district. She was, therefore, responsible
for the work of the Department for the greater part of the year under
review.
I think that the Report shows that the health of the residents of
the Borough has been excellent, and that a great deal of preventive
work has been done to help maintain this high standard.
I am indebted to Mr. Leach, Chief Public Health Inspector, who
has submitted his Report on the Sanitary Circumstances of the district,
and to Mr. Nickolls, Chief Clerk, who has dealt with the statistics
and has prepared the Report for the printers.
Finally, I wish to say that I am very happy to have been appointed
your Medical Officer, and that already I have received every support
and encouragement from my Chairman and Members of the Council,
and from my colleagues and the staff of the Health Department.
I am, Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
ERIC PEREIRA,
Medical Officer of Health.
15 th July, 1960.