[Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Chichester City.

  • Chichester (England). City Council.
Date:
1919
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Credit: [Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Chichester City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    HEALTH DEPAETMENT, CHICHESTER, March, 1920. To the Right Wobshipful the Mayok, Aldebmen and COUNCILLOBS OF THE ClTY OF ChICHESTEB. Gentlemen, I have the honour to present to you my Annual Report as Medical Officer of Health for the City, and the work carried out in the Health Department for the year 1919. Acting upon the suggestions of the Ministry of Health contained in Memo. 9/Med. I have arranged my Report under the following heads : A—natural and social conditions oe the DISTRICT. B— SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE DISTRICT. C—FOOD. D —PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OYER INFEC¬ TIOUS DISEASES. E — MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE. F — SANITARY ADMINISTRATION. G.—OTHER SERVICES. H — HOUSING. A—NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE DISTRICT. Physical Featubes. The City may be said, generally, to be lying on a plain slightly lower than the surrounding districts. On the north and the north¬ east are the South Down Hills, to the south, east and west is the Sea. The acreage of the City is 1,538.