[Report 1915] / Medical Officer of Health, Southampton County Borough.

  • Southampton (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1915
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Credit: [Report 1915] / Medical Officer of Health, Southampton County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ANNUAL REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. To THE Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors. ]\Ir. Mayor and Gentlemen, I have the honour to submit for }^our information, in accordance with the order of the Local Government Board, i my Annual Report upon the condition of the public health, and a record of the administrative work carried out by the Health Department for the }’ear 1915, together with the vital statistics of the Borough. A summary of the work done and , action taken under the-Factory and Workshops Act, 1907, the : Midwives’ Act, 1902, and the Housing, Town Planning, etc., ! Act, 1909, is also included in the Report. Summaries are also included in the Report of the general I public health work carried out- m the Borough, and the action i taken in respect of infectious disease and the measures , adopted for the prevention and control of Tuberculosis. The health of the Borough was satisfactory during the year. A large amount of work was carried out during the ' year for the Military Authorities, chiefly in connection with ! the treatment of cases of infectious disease in the Isolation ' Hospital from neighbouring camps and of cases landed in the Port. Much disinfection was also carried out. I I am, Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant R. E. LAUDER, Medical Officer of Health.