[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton UDC 1910].
- Edmonton (London, England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1911
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton UDC 1910]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Motto—“AS WE LIVE AND WORK WE SHOULD ALWAYS RE THINKING OF THOSE WHO ARE TO COME AFTER US.” — liuskin. Public Health Department, Town Hall, Edmonton, London, N. To the Chairman and Members of the Edmonton Urban District Council. Gentlemen, I have the pleasure of presenting you with my fifth Annual Report on the health and sanitary circumstances of Edmonton. It refers to the year 1910. The following change has taken place in my staff:—On 26th September Miss Brown left Edmonton in order to take duty under the County M.O.H. of Wa.rAvickshire, and Miss Hudson, who had been a temporary official since July, Avas appointed to take the permanent position of Woman Sanitary Inspector. It is with deep regret that I record the death of Mr. G. Eedes Eachus, who had been Chief Engineer of Edmonton since September, 1884, and had acted in a consulting capacity some years before that date. I had been privileged to work with him since April 1906, in that intimate relation that always exists between the Engineering and Public Health Departments of a Local Authority. Edmonton itself will, I trust, put on record its estimation of the long and faithful service Mr. Eachus rendered the district, but I may say that to me, his death has meant a great personal loss—the loss of a loyal and respected colleague. In his gentle nature there was no room for meanness, and occasional differences of professional opinion never warped our friendship. It will afford you great satisfaction to know that, whilst recording a slight increase in the birth-rate, I have the pleasure of publishing the lowest death-rates on record in Edmonton. The gross and nett death-rates, the in¬ fantile mortality rate, and the infectious disease (zymotic) death-rate of 1910 are all the lowest ever recorded in the district. The death-rate amongst in¬ fants is phenomenally low. The duties of your Medical Officer of Health are continually increasing, especially from the legislation of Parliament and the Orders and Regulations issued by the Government in recent years. I respectfully submit to you that the time has arrived when Edmonton should secure the whole of my services on the terms stated in the Local Government Board's letter of October 13th, 1904, viz., at a minimum salary of £500 a year. The Avelfare of Edmonton requires more than my part-time services. I take this opportunity of heartily thanking the Inspectors and other members of my staff (indoor and outdoor), who have loyally supported my earnest efforts to improve the public health; the excellent vital statistics I announce here are a solid testimony to the quality of their work. The cordial co-operation of my colleagues, the Heads of the other Departments, and the courtesy of all the Council’s officials, are virtues I ever greatly appreciate. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, 10th April, 1911. SIDNEY C. LAWRENCE. P.S.—Remarks culled from the Annual Report for 1910 of Dr. Rock, the School Medical Officer, have this bracket [S.M.O.] after them.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30431384_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
