Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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services you have inaugurated. These naturally have developed
since their inception, and time is required not only to cope with
their development, but also with their co-ordination.
As an illustration of the possibility of further development,
I would call your particular attention to the figures given in
Table IV, where it will be seen that the number of defects treated
during the year at your Minor Ailment Clinic are roughly double
those treated last year.
This means extra time and extra service.
The adverse criticism I have to offer is that you have started
a large number of different services, covering a very wide scope of
medical activity. These naturally have now attained a state of
development where co-ordination is essential if the best use is to
be made of them. They have developed too out of proportion to
the medical services actually available.
Yours very faithfully,
C. LEONARD WILLIAMS.