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2. There are now five active.day nurseries for children in the District
three at Feltham, one at Hanworth and one at Bedfont.
3. Anti-Diphtheria immunisation is being carried out satisfactorily.
4. There is a slight decroase in the birth rates and the death rate
compared with 1942.
5. The Infant death rate and deaths from appendicitis are markedly
reduced.
6. There is a slight decrease in deaths from Tuberculosis and Cancer.
There were no deaths from diphtheria and puerperal sepsis.
7. The District is still in urgent need of more houses as there is
unnatural and uncomfortable overcrowding.
d, McCarthy,
Deputy Medical Officer of Health,
June. 1944.