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In November, 1967, the Council of the London Borough of Islington also paid tribute to
Dr. Freeman's services, referring particularly to the prominent part he played in the medical
administration of the Public Health Department, directing work in the fields of environmental
health and infectious disease control. As a member of the Home Safety Committee he specialised
in important aspects of safety, including research into the causes and results of accidents,
and as the Medical Officer of Health's representative on the Islington Tuberculosis Care
Committee he maintained liaison with Chest Physicians in relation to the tuberculosis
prevention duties. Dr. Freeman was instrumental in planning the new services for geriatric
clinics and for cervical cytology tests and he pioneered schemes whereby the Public Health
Department utilised the Council's computer for health service processes.
It is my privilege to supplement the foregoing tributes. To the pleasure of knowing
Dr. Freeman before the 1st April, 1965, has been added that of working with him as a close
colleague since that date. I am most grateful to hiM for the unstinting help and advice he
gave in the exacting task of creating a new public Health Department. His close association
with the hospital authorities as a member of the North London Group Hospital Management
Committee and his many contacts with the general practitioners helped to make co-operation
easier with other branches of the National Health Service; and his knowledge of the area
and its public health problems proved invaluable to all those members and officers alike
concerned in the planning of the new London Borough.
PUBLISHED PAPERS DURING 1967.
Dr. Audrey K. Arnold.
The Newcomers and their Problems in Finsbury, London.
Midwife and Health Visitor, July 1966. Vol.2 No.7. pp. 291-298.
Miss G. Flack.
The Health Visitor's Work in a Group Practice.
Principles of Health Visiting. Faber & Faber 1967 Chapter 11(c).
pp. 39-47.
Meeting the Need from the point of view of the Health Visitor.
The Pre-Retirement Association.
Aspects of Health in Preparation for Retirement.
Promoting Health in Middle Life pp.29-31.
GRANTS TO VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS
During 1967 the Council used its powers under the National Health Service Act, 1946
(Sections 22(5) and 28(3)) and (subject in appropriate cases to Ministerial consent) the
Local Government Act 1948 (Section 136), to authorise the payment of the following grants
to organisations providing or furthering the development of personal health services.
Service Voluntary Organisation Grant 1967/68
£ s.
Day Nursery West London Mission (Hopedene Nursery) 2,745*
Maternity & Child Claremont Central Mission 900*
Welfare Crusade of Rescue 85
London Diocesan Council for Moral Welfare 1,195
North Islington Infant Welfare Centre 20,600*
Save the Children Fund (St. Luke's Playgroup) 770*
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