[Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, West Bromwich County Borough.
- West Bromwich (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1930
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, West Bromwich County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![To His Worship the Mayor, Alderman amd Councillors of the County Borough of West Bromwich. Your Worship, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have pleasure in presenting you with the Annual Report for the Year 1930. It is somewhat more lengthy than previous editions owing to its containing accounts of the new work taken over by the Authority on April 1st last, under the Local Government Act. It has been drawn up in conformity with the Ministry of Health's Circular 1119. The year under review has been an exceptional one in all respects. The work of the Health Department was considerably increased owing to the expansion of services and to new work under the Local Government Act. The Health of the Town has never been better, with a crude death rate of 1] .4 persons per 1,000, and an infant mortality rate of 66 per 1,000 births. Apart from a mild epidemic of Scarlet Fever, which broke out in the early autumn, there was no serious illness. I should like to place on record my appreciation of the good - will shown to me by the Chairman and Members of the Health Committee, and the loyalty and invaluable assistance rendered to me by every member of the Staff of the Health Department. I am, Your Worship, Ladies and Gentlemen, Yours obediently, W. STOTT, Medical Officer of Health. April, 193|](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30259733_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
