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Chiswick Urban District Council
Sanitary Department.
THE TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
It becomes my duty to place before you my
annual record of matters pertaining to the public
health of your District for the year 1898, together
with a report of the proceedings taken by your
officials of the Public Health Department, with a
view to maintain and improve the sanitary conditions
of our Parish.
The record for the year, though not quite so
favourable as that for 1897, still marks a progressive
improvement, and as compared with the average of
the past ten years is in many respects very satisfactory.
The amount of zymotic disease was about the
average. Measles was more or less prevalent during
the first six months of the year, and a mild form of
scarlet fever during most months.
The vital statistics indicate a rise in the birth
rate, which is slightly above the average of the past
ten years.