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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hammersmith 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]

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Table: recommendation of the Health Canmittee, made by the Council during 1956, as follows:-

recommendation of the Health Canmittee, made by the Council during 1956, as follows:-

Org an is at i onAmoun tStatutory Authority
£sd
Central Council for Health Education1100Public Health (London) Act. 1936, Section 298
National Smoke Abatement Society12120Public Health (London) Act, 1936, Section 298. Local Government Act, 1948. Section 136.

Table: Conferences The Council were officially represented at the undermentioned Conferences dealing with matters within the purview of the Public Health Department:-

Conferences The Council were officially represented at the undermentioned Conferences dealing with matters within the purview of the Public Health Department:-

ConferenceDe legates
Health Congress of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health. Blackpool 24th/27th April, 1956.Councillor Mrs. E, O'K.Finn M.B.E. Dr. F.M.Day Medical Officer of Health,
Sanitary inspectors Association. Bournemouth 18th/21st September. 1956.Mr. W.Rigby, Senior Public Health inspector.
Food Hygiene Conference of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health. London. 7th March 1956.Messrs. J,Collier and W.J, Godden Food and Drugs inspectors.
National Smoke Abatement Society Southport. 3rd/5th October,1956Councillor E.W.Flynn Dr. A.vLShinnie Deputy Medical Officer of Health.

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Health information Bureau
The Health information Bureau continued its works successfully
and once again the opportunity was taken to fuse into the Bureau
all enquiries on numerous health matters which normally came to the
Departments and 6,011 of these came into the Bureau up to the end
of the year.
They varied from meals for a sick child at home whilst parents
worked, to arrangements for assistance in laying out a dead person,
and in looking up the answers we again taught ourselves a lot we
didn!t know before.
A revised copy of the Health Services Guide was printed and
approximately 2,500 copies were distributed, and once again many of
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