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The work of the Bexley, Erith and Crayford Home
Safety Committee is gaining momentum and will undoubtedly
increase the scope if its activities in the near future. Our
thanks are due to the Woolwich and Dartford Hospital
Management Committees for providing statistics of home
accidents treated at hosptial over the past year. These
undoubtedly emphasise the need for the instruction of the
public in the causes of these accidents and the methods by
which they may be prevented.
The Old Peoples' Welfare Committee, now on a voluntary
basis but sponsored originally by the Bexley Borough
Council, has done excellent work in alleviating the lot of
many old people by friendly help, by assistance in kind
when necessary, by making arrangements for inexpensive
holidays and in other ways. Their work to some extent
co-ordinates and is complementary to that of the many old
peoples' organisations in the Borough providing clubs and
other recreational facilities. The work of these voluntary
organisations is invaluable to the old people in the Borough.
In October, 1954, the Report of the Kent Paediatric
Society " A Study in the Epidemiology of Health " was
published from the Health department, with the aid of a
grant from the Eugenics Society, after five years work. The
report was based on an investigation into the incidence and
causation of health among 10—11 year old children in the
Borough of Bexley and has been widely reviewed by the
medical press in this and other countries.
In conclusion, I wish to thank the Chairman and Members
of the Health Committee for their support and encouragement
and the Chief Sanitary Inspector, Chief Clerk and
all members of the Health Department for their devoted
service during the year.
I am,
Your obedient servant,
JOHN LANDON
Medical Officer of Health.
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