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Twickenham Urban District Council.
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
1908,
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit to you my twenty-fifth
Annual Report as to the Health and Sanitary condition of the
Parish of Twickenham.
Appended to the Report are five tables received from the
Local Government Board.
Table I comprises the vital statistics of the whole District
for 1908, and previous years extending, from 1898.
Table II consists of the Births and Deaths registered,
and with a view to giving more concise information, such
table has been sub-divided corresponding with the four
Wards of the District, viz.:—South, East, West, and Central.
I have estimated the population at 27000, comprising 5263
in the South Ward, 7414 in the East Ward, 8792 in the West
Ward, and 5531 in the Central Ward.
Table III shows the cases of Infectious Diseases notified
during the past year. Of the total cases 24 were in the South
Ward, 17 in the East Ward, 47 in the West Ward, and 12 in
the Central Ward. The removals to the Infectious Diseases
Hospital, were 19 from the South Ward, 12 from the East
Ward, 33 from the West Ward, and 5 from the Central
Ward.