[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick].

  • Brentford and Chiswick (England). Borough Council.
Date:
[1934?]
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    5 Borough of Brentford and) Chiswick. Public Health Department, Town Hale, Chiswick. To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Borough of Brentford and Chiswick. Ladies and Gentlemen, I beg to submit my Annual Report on the health of the Borough for the year 1933. To this Report is appended the Annual Report on the Maternity and Isolation Hospitals, through the courtesy of Dr. T. Orr (Medical Superintendent of the Hospitals) and the Joint Hospitals Committee. The Report is composed in the form prescribed by the Ministry of Health and the Board of Education, and therefore must of necessity appear to be largely a repetition of previous reports, especially as during the year there was no alteration \ in the policy or mode of conducting the work. In fact, for the purposes of economy, it contains only the bare outline of the work done during the year. It will be found that the general health of the district was satisfactory and that the Birth Rate and Death Rate compare favourably with the rest of the country. The Infantile Mortality Rate is 46 infant deaths per 1,000 live births—the lowest on record for this area. Reference is made in the Report to three nuisances of major importance which occurred during the year, namely in con nection with the Sewage Disposal Works, the Brentford Gas Works and the West Middlesex Sewerage Scheme.