[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough].

  • Battersea (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1948]
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    5 To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen, I present herewith my report upon the Health and Sanitary conditions of the Borough during the year 1947. In accordance with the Instructions of the Ministry of Health, te report is an abridged one and is mainly a statistical review, but there are one or two matters, particularly that relating to maternity and child welfare on pages 13/17; the review of the Tuberculosis dispensary service on page 29; and the report on the survey of wells in the Borough set out on pages 48/55 to which I would draw special attention. I wish to thank the Mayor and Members of the Borough Council, and more particularly the Chairman and Members of the Public Health, Maternity and Child Welfare Committee, for the continued encourage ment and assistance that I have received from them during the year. I gratefully acknowledge, also, the help I have received from the Chief Officers of the Council and the loyal service so readily rendered by the whole staff of the Public Health Department. I have the honour to be, Mr. Mayor, ladies and gentlemen, Your obedient servant, (Signed) G. MACDONALD, Medical Officer of Health. Principal Figures for 1947. Area of Borough, excluding tidal water (acres) 2,163 Population (Registrar-General's mid-year estimate) 114,960 Structurally separate occupied dwellings 26,986 Rateable value—£1,108,586. Sum produced by 1d. rate £4,554 Births (live, 2,663, still, 74) 2,737 Live birth rate 23.16 deaths—1,446. Death rate 12.58 Maternal deaths—2. Maternal death rate 0.73 Infant deaths—84. Infant mortality rate 31.54