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Public Health Department,
Municipal Offices,
Parkshot, Richmond.
July, 1963.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of The Borough of Richmond (Surrey).
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present the Annual Report of the Medical
Officer of Health for the year 1962 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 reference is made to certain
subjects at the Minister's request.
Apart from the outbreak of mild dysentery at two primary
schools, the incidence of notifiable infectious diseases has been very
low during the year, and the small number of admissions to infectious
disease hospitals is noteworthy.
I am indebted to Mr. E. S. Herbert, Chief Public Health
Inspector, for his report on the sanitary circumstances of the area,
and to Miss E. Lane for compiling the tables of Vital Statistics and
preparing the report for the printers.
I wish to express my thanks to all members of the Council for
their support throughout the year, and to record my gratitude to
every member of the staff of the Public Health Department for their
loyalty and co-operation.
I am, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
ERIC PEREIRA,
Medical Officer of Health.