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The water supply of the district maintained a high
standard of chemical and bacteriological purity.
Effective control by daily sampling and by protective
chlorination was continued. The measures adopted
to deal with bomb damage to water supply proved
effective.
The casualty services carried out their work with
zeal and efficiency. 1 would express my appreciation
of the devotion to duty of the personnel of the First
Aid, Ambulance and Mortuary services.
1 thank members of the Council for their advice
and assistance during the year, and 1 am indebted
to the Officers of the Council for their co-operation.
I am,
Mr. Mayor, Madam, and Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
ENEAS J. MACINTYRE,
Medical Officer of Health.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF
THE AREA.
Area in Acres 4338.15
Registrar-General's Estimate of the Resident
Population, 1940 73810
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1940)
according to Rate Books 21894
Rateable Value and sum represented by £904327
a Penny Rate £3411
Social conditions, including the chief industries
carried on in the area, and the influence of any
particular occupation on the public health :—
A great proportion of the residents is engaged in business
in London. The remainder consists chiefly of domestic
servants, tradesmen and their employees, and workers in
factories, garages and laundries. In none of these instances
is the occupation apparently affecting the public health.
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