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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 have the honour to submit my Annual Report on the
health of the Borough for 1936 and the School Medical Services.
Appended to this is the report on the Isolation and Maternity
Hospitals for the financial year ending 31st March, 1937, for
which appreciation and thanks are due to Dr. T. Orr (Medical
Superintendent of the Hospitals) and the Chairman and
Members of the Hospitals Committee.
The table of Vital Statistics shows that the health of this
area compares favourably with that of England and Wales.
The Infantile Mortality Rate (rather higher than last year)
is 49 per thousand as compared with 59 for England and Wales,
and 66 for London.
Although the Birth Rate remains comparatively low, the
attendances at the Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics continue
to be satisfactory and on the whole are better than in
previous years.
It is a pleasure to report that the voluntary helpers, whose
names are given on page 2, continue to give their invaluable and
ungrudging services to these clinics.
The number of expectant mothers attending the Antenatal
Clinics represented about 52 per cent. of the notified