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5
Borough of Brentford and) Chiswick.
Public Health Department,
Town Hale, Chiswick.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Borough of Brentford and Chiswick.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit my Annual Report on the health of the
Borough for the year 1933. To this Report is appended the
Annual Report on the Maternity and Isolation Hospitals,
through the courtesy of Dr. T. Orr (Medical Superintendent of
the Hospitals) and the Joint Hospitals Committee.
The Report is composed in the form prescribed by the
Ministry of Health and the Board of Education, and therefore
must of necessity appear to be largely a repetition of previous
reports, especially as during the year there was no alteration
\ in the policy or mode of conducting the work. In fact, for the
purposes of economy, it contains only the bare outline of the
work done during the year.
It will be found that the general health of the district was
satisfactory and that the Birth Rate and Death Rate compare
favourably with the rest of the country. The Infantile Mortality
Rate is 46 infant deaths per 1,000 live births—the lowest on
record for this area.
Reference is made in the Report to three nuisances of major
importance which occurred during the year, namely in connection
with the Sewage Disposal Works, the Brentford Gas
Works and the West Middlesex Sewerage Scheme.