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Public Health Department,
Parkshot,
Richmond, (Surrey).
August, 1946.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Borough of Richmond, (Surrey).
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present the Annual Report of the Medical
Officer of Health for the year 1945 upon the Sanitary Circumstances,
Sanitary Administration and Vital Statistics of the Borough.. ,
At the request of the Ministry of Health, the material for this
Report has once more been curtailed by the omission of certain tables
of statistics. As in previous years, these will be retained in the Public
Health Department for purposes of record.
Full reference has however been made to the Care of Illegitimate
Children, to the new insecticide D.D.T., and to certain changes which
have been made in the routine of Diphtheria Immunisation and in the
running of the Borough Ambulance Service.
During the War years the work of the Department has gathered
both in volume and in scope, and at present there would appear to be
no indication that it will diminish during the post War period.
I desire to express my thanks to all members of the Council for
their appreciation and encouragement during a particularly full year
of work, and once again to record my gratitude to all members of the
staff of the Public Health Department for their ungrudging support
during Dr. Pereira's absence.
No account of the year's happenings would be complete without
a reference to the retirement of the Chief Sanitary Inspector. Mr.
Laws devoted 3 5 years of his life to the service of Richmond. In the
Department he was respected by his colleagues and trusted by the
public. Among his peers at the Royal Sanitary Institute he was
repeatedly elected to positions of the highest possible dignity. Finally,
for his services to the Nation, he was honoured by His Majesty the
King.
I am, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
JOHN DANCY,
Temporary Medical Officer of Health.