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Public Health Department,
Radnor House,
Twickenham,
August 1st, 1918.
To the Chairman and Members of the Urban District
Council.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my Annual Report on the health
and sanitary condition of the district and the treatment of patients at
the Isolation Hospital during the year 1917.
With a view to economy, the report has been largely reduced,
tables have been almost entirely eliminated, but the most important
statistics have been retained for purposes of comparison with previous
years.
Maternal and Infant Welfare has been the only question referred
to at any length, the present importance of this subject rendering more
detailed reference necessary.
The work of the year may be summed up as "carrying on under
increasing difficulties," With the exception of the Medical Officer of
Health and School Nurse, all the permanent staff of the department
have been called up for military service, and I desire to acknowledge
the valuable and willing assistance rendered by all those who have taken
their place.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
George H. Dupont.
Medical Officer of Health.