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Public Health Department,
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors Town Hall,
of the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham- FULHAM, S-W-6-
July, 1937-
Mr- Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit the Annual Report on the health and sanitary conditions
of the Borough for the year 1936-
The year has been a reasonably healthy one, the most outstanding epidemiological event
being the biennial outbreak of measles- The outbreak is dealt with in Section VI of the Report,
the very low mortality being particularly noteworthy-
I dealt at some length last year with the effect of the trend of the birth rate on the
future population and the vital statistics- In the light of the comments then made the slight
increase in the rate this year is therefore satisfactory-
Housing work has proceeded vigorously throughout the year and Clearance Orders have
been confirmed by the Ministry for areas in Field Road, Carnwath Road, Sotheron Road,
Buckler's Alley, Lanfrey Place and Hawes Buildings- In addition to these, intensive preparatory
work for the Avenues Redevelopment Area has been completed-
I have devoted -particular attention to the analysis of the results of the overcrowding
survey, the subject being discussed in Section IV of the Report-
Staff Changes- Mr- W- E- Dodd, parttime Dental Surgeon to the Maternity & Child
Welfare Department, resigned his appointment in February and Mr- D- K- Gaskill was appointed
to the vacancy-
Changes among the clerical staff include the resignation of Mr- E- Thompson, consequent
upon his obtaining an appointment under the London County Council as a temporary Sanitary
Inspector and the transfer of Mr- A- E- R- Scott to the position of temporary Sanitary
Inspector in October- To fill the vacancies created by these resignations, two junior clerks were
appointed, the other clerks being promoted to more responsible work-
In June, Mr- Swinson was designated as housing administrative assistant to deal with the
work involved in Clearance and Redevelopment Areas under consideration by the Council and
an additional junior clerk was appointed to take over part of his general Public Health routine
work-
Mr- A- E- Clutterbuck, Senior Sanitary Inspector, retired on superannuation on May 31st,
after 34 years of efficient and effective service, and Mr- E- Drake was promoted to the position
of Senior Sanitary Inspector- To fill the vacancy of district inspector Mr- E- H- Jenkins was
appointed-
Mr- J- H- Crabtree resigned in May, on securing an appointment under the Holborn
Borough Council, and Mr- J- W- Campbell was appointed as district inspector- In October
three temporary Sanitary Inspectors were appointed to release members of the permanent
inspectorial staff for duties in connection with Clearance Areas and the Overcrowding Survey
under the Housing Act, 1936-
On April 1st three additional Health Visitors commenced duty, Miss P- M- Bucknell,
Miss A- S- Clark and Miss A- G- Fox-
It is a pleasure to express my thanks to the staff for their highly efficient work, and to
the Committees for their interest and support during a year that has seen the initiation of many
improvements in the public health services of the Borough-
I have the honour to be,
Mr- Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
J- A- SCOTT,
Medical Officer of Health-