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Borough of Brentford and Chiswick.
Public Health Department,
Town Hall, 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 1934, and I again thank Dr. T. Orr
(Medical Superintendent of the Hospitals) and the Joint
Hospitals Committee for their courtesy in allowing me to append
the Report on the Maternity and Isolation Hospitals.
It will be seen that there is a fall in the birth rate and a
small fall in the death rate and also that the Maternal Mortality
is lower than in 1933. I regret, however, to report that there
is a decided rise in the Infantile Mortality Rate, viz., from 46
to 61—the highest since 1929. Special references to Infantile
and Maternal Mortality are made under the section devoted to
Maternity and Child Welfare Services.
Under the heading "Special Nuisances" will be found
comments on the serious nuisances that arise from the Brentford
Gas Works—a problem we have not yet been able to solve.
The question of the provision of adequate housing
accommodation still continues to receive the serious consideration
of the Council. Although this matter has been
vigorously dealt with and very considerable progress made, I
understand that there are still nearly one hundred really urgent
cases on the waiting list. The houses now being built by the