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BOROUGH OF MALDEN AND COOMBE
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
1962
Public Health Department,
Municipal Offices,
New Malden.
July, 1963.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Borough of Maiden and Coombe.
Lady and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my Annual Report for the year
1962 which has been prepared in accordance with the Ministry of Health
Circular 1/63.
The general health of the district remains good and the statistics
recorded are comparable to those for the country as a whole. There was
one fairly extensive outbreak of Sonne dysentery which is referred to
later in the report, but the favourable position with regard to tuberculosis,
poliomyelitis and diphtheria experienced in recent years has been maintained.
For the second consecutive year no deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis were
recorded.
The work of the department has extended a good deal in recent
years and it has been necessary to appoint an additional Public Health
Inspector. This has made it possible for the Inspectors to spend more
time on educational and survey work as well as undertaking additional
duties in the field of old people's welfare, where the standard of housing
and environmental hygiene so often presents a problem. After many years
service the Public Health Nurse Mrs. M. J. Butler was compelled to resign
for personal reasons. Her work in connection with the elderly of the