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To His Worship the Mayor, the Aldermen, and Councillors
of the Borough of East Ham.
Gentlemen,
I beg to present the Annual Report on the state of the Public
Health and the record of sanitary work carried out during the year
1913, with reports on the Isolation Hospital and Bacteriological
Laboratory.
The Report to the Education Committee is also included,
together with an account of the work done in connection with the
Medical Inspection of School Children and School Clinic.
It is gratifying to report that the death-rate is still on the
decline, being as low as 10.1, the lowest ever recorded.
The Infantile Mortality was also the lowest recorded, viz.,
G3 per 1,000 births registered.
I regret to report during the last few months of the year a
considerable increase in the number of Infectious Diseases notified.
This was chiefly due, in my opinion, to two causes, viz., the long
spell of dry, dusty weather and the increase in number of children
who attend Cinematograph Theatres in the convalescent stage of
Infectious Diseases or who have had a mild unrecognised attack.
In a Borough such as East Ham, with so many Picture
Houses, we should have the power to make Bye-Laws and
Regulations to control such.
The Zymotic death-rate was 0'77.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
W. BENTON,
Medical Officer of Health.
Town Hall, East Ham.
March, 1914.