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Public Health Department,
Town Hall,
Beckenham, Kent.
To:—
THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COUNCILLORS OF
THE BOROUGH OF BECKENHAM.
Introduction to the Present Report as Set Out in the Form
Prescribed by the Ministry of Health.
The only matters calling for special comment are set out
below :—
1. General Provision of Health Services. There are no great
changes to report. An additional Health Visitor who gives
half time to School work, took up her duties in September
The demands on the services have kept up throughout the
year, and the provision of the new Clinic Building in West
Wickham is urgently needed to cope with the needs of that
area.
2. Infectious Disease. The Diphtheria Immunisation work
menced in 1928, continues to progress steadily and the
proportion of children in the Elementary Schools who are
protected by this method is now becoming a satisfactorily
high one. It might be emphasised that this treatment is not
restricted to Elementary School children, but is available
to any child in the area.
The local outbreak of Polio-Myelitis (Infantile Paralysis)
during the year, is dealt with in full in the body of the report.
3. Health Publicity. The publication of the Beckenham "Health
Notes" was discontinued during the year, the national
publication "Better Health" taking their place. Advantage
was taken of the national health publicity campaign during
the autumn months and special literature and posters were
used in the district.
I should like to express my appreciation of the interest and
support given to the work of the Department by the Members of
the Council, and I am very gratified by the continued service given
by all members of the staff of the Department.
In this connection I would like to record my thanks to Dr.
Malmberg ; she had been connected with the Department for a
number of years and on her leaving to take up an appointment
with the Middlesex County Council we experienced a very real
sense of loss.
May 23rd, 1938. T. PHILIPS COLE.
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