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Hammersmith 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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At the beginning of last year the Council decided to put into
operation a scheme for streamlining sick leave arrangements.
The scheme adopted has worked satisfactorily and efficiently and
during the year 49 examinations were conducted by the Department's
medical staff.
Financial Contributions to Voluntary Organisations.
| Financial Contributions to Voluntary Organisations. | ||||
| Payments to the funds of voluntary bodies were, on the recommendation of the Health Committee, made by the Council during 1953, as indicated below: — | ||||
| Organisation | Amount | Statutory Authority | ||
| £ | s. | d. | ||
| Central Council for Health Education | 10 | 10 | 0 | Public Health (London) Act, 1936, Section 298. |
| National Smoke Abatement Society | 12 | 12 | 0 | Public Health (London) Act, 1936, Section 298. Local Government Act, 1948, Section 136. |
Conferences.
| The Council were officially represented at the undermentioned Conferences dealing with matters within the purview of the Public Health Department: — | |
| Conference | Delegates |
| Royal Sanitary Institute, Hastings — 28th April/lst May, 1953. | Councillor A. R. Mingaye Dr. F. M. Day, Medical Officer of Health. |
| Sanitary Inspectors' Association, Morecambe—8th/llth September, 1953. | Mr. W. Rigby, Senior Sanitary Inspector. |
| National Smoke Abatement Society, Glasgow — 30th September/2nd October, 1953. | Councillor L. Freeman Dr. F. M. Day, Medical Officer of Health. |
Health Information Bureau.
Early in 1953 a project to set up a Health Information Bureau
was considered and approved by the Health Committee. It was
known that there was a need for a local Centre where information
regarding the various health services provided by the State,
the Borough and County Councils and voluntary Associations
could be collated and made available to the general public. Some
of these services were already known to the man in the street,
but there were many of whose existence he was less sure. The