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plaques have been awarded. The co-operation of many of
the multiple firms has been obtained and this long term
essay in health education, stimulated perhaps by the Food
and Drugs (Amendment) Act, when it reaches the Statute
Book, will help to provide that higher standard of food
hygiene which we all desire. During the year a Clean Food
Week was held which culminated in an address and demonstration
by the Deputy Medical Director of the Central
Council for Health Education and was followed by a film
show and discussion.
The newly formed Bexley, Erith and Crayford Home
Safety Committee promises to become an active instrument
for the reduction of accidents in the home and is, in fact,
complementary in its function to the Bexley, Erith and
Crayford Road Safety Committee. The Minister of Housing
and Local Government has given his approval to the making
of a grant by each of the constituent authorities so that the
Committee has, financially speaking, got off to a flying start.
The collection of reliable statistics of home accidents is proceeding
well and, in the near future, activities will be undertaken
to draw the attention of the public, by propaganda
methods, to the preventable nature of home accidents which,
as is now well known, greatly exceed the number of accidents
on the roads.
The question of delegation of functions under Part III
of the National Health Service Act, 1946 and other enactments
to the Borough of Bexley is still being considered
and there can be no doubt that a satisfactory solution of
this problem would bring a degree of integration to the
Health Services of the Borough which would redound to the
benefit of the users of these services.
The investigation into the Incidence and Causation of
Health among Bexley children has now been completed for
some time and problems of commercial publication have
been encountered. I am glad to report that a grant of £250
has been made by the Eugenics Society to the Kent
Paediatric Society and it is hoped that the Report will be
published towards the end of 1954.
In conclusion, I wish to thank the Chairman and
Members of the Health Committee for their support and
encouragement and the Chief Sanitary Inspector, the Chief
Clerk and all members of the Health Department for their
devotion to duty at all times during the year.
I am,
Your obedient servant,
JOHN LANDON
Medical Officer of Health.
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