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The number nf doctors in active prnctice has been considerably
reduced by recruitment to the Forces, but those remaining
behind have not been overworked. The District Nursing
Association has been able to meet all the calls made upon it
with a greatly reduced staff. The hospitals, with a large proportion
of their beds reserved for war casualties, were still able to
receive the civilian sick without undue pressure on their accommodation.
Medical examination of babies and toddlers at the
centres and of children in the schools confirm the satisfactory
state of the health and nutrition of the child population. There
is, therefore, ample evidence from many sources that the population
has adapted itself to the inconveniences and restrictions of
war without injury to its health.
I have the honour to be, Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
E. P. GARROW.
Medical Officer of Health.