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Wealdstone Urban District Council.
Annual Report, 1925.
Wealdstone,
April, 1926.
To the Chairman and Members of the Wealdstone
Urban District Council.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my Annual Report for
the year 1925. In accordance with the Ministry of
of Health's requirements the report has special reference
to the general progress of the sanitary administration
during the past five years.
The health of the district, as evidenced by the slight
decline of the death rate, is excellent.
With the exception of the year 1921 when the incidence,
of both Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria was above
the average, there has been no noteworthy outbreak of
disease in the district.
The birth rate, in common with other parts of the
country, again shows a slight decline.
A pleasing feature of this year's report is the low
infantile mortality figure. The rate of 35.4 per 1000
children born is the lowest ever recorded in the district.
As showing the excellent progress which has been
made in the saving of child life I have prepared the
following table which shows the average mortality rate
for the three decennial periods dating from the year
1896.