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Health Department,
Council House,
Hounslow.
January 9 th, 1911.
To the Chairman and Members of the Heston and Isleworth
Urban District Council.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present the Annual Report on the
Health of the District for the year ending 1910.
The total number of deaths which occurred in the district
during the past year has fallen to 493, from 545 in 1909. It is
unsatisfactory to record that during the same period there has been
a rise in the number of deaths of infants under one year from 103
in 1909 to 105 during the year under review. This represents an
increase in the infantile mortality rate of 8.8. A large number of
these infant deaths might well be prevented, and I am sure that
the decision of the Council to appoint a Health Visitor and to
adopt the Notification of Births Act, 1907, is likely to produce the
best possible results in the reduction of the high infantile mortality
which prevails in the district.
I desire to call attention to the large number of deaths which
occur year by year from Measles and Whooping Cough, as compared
with Scarlet Fever and to the necessity of making certain provisions
with regard to isolation hospital treatment for these
diseases.
During the year the Council decided to promote a Bill in the
Parliamentary Session 1912 to enlarge their powers with regard
to the Local Government of the district. I have included in the
present report the powers which it is necessary that the Council
should obtain for the improvement of conditions affecting or likely
to affect the health of the district.
I would take this opportunity of thanking the members of
the Health Committee for the encouragement and support they
have given me in the performance of my duties during the year.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
GEORGE F. BUCHAN,
Medical Officer of Health.