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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 1935. To this is appended the report on
the Isolation and Maternity Hospitals for the financial year
ending 31st March, 1936. I would like to thank Dr. Orr (Medical
Superintendent of the Hospitals) and the Joint Hospitals
Committee for their courtesy in granting me this privilege.
The health of the Borough as shown by statistics appears
to compare very favourably with that of London and England
and Wales as a whole.
It is a pleasure to report that the Infantile Mortality Rate,
viz., 41 per thousand, is the lowest that has been recorded in
this area, and further that there was no Maternal Mortality.
The attendances at the Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics
has been satisfactory, and the thanks of the Borough are due to
the ladies who continue to give their very valuable assistance in
these Clinics. They not only enable us to do more work, but
also provide many necessities from their Samaritan Funds for
the poorer section of those attending the Clinics.
The Ante-Natal Clinics are also well attended and it appears,
by comparing the number of notified births with the number of
expectant mothers attending, that about 57 per cent. of