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TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COULSDON
AND PURLEY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my annual report for the year
1964 which has been prepared in accordance with Ministry of
Health Circular 1/65.
This is my last report after six years as your Medical Officer
of Health, and during this period many improvements have taken
place affecting the health of the District. Outstanding among
these has been vaccination against poliomyelitis. Once again, for
the fourth year in succession, no case of poliomyelitis occurred.
Already this most distressing disease is beginning to become rare
and will soon, I hope, become as rare as diphtheria, the last case of
which occurred in 1958.
The services available to the old people continue to expand
and the Health Centre for the Elderly at Purley Clinic continues
to be a great success.
In conclusion I should like to say how happy 1 have been
as your Medical Officer of Health and how much I have valued
the advice, co-operation and friendship I have received at all times
from the Chairmen and members of the Council. I should also like
to say how much I owe to all the officers of the Council, and to
thank especially Mr. Haworth, Chief Public Health Inspector, for
all the help he so willingly gave me, Mr. Prothero, Chief Clerk of
the Public Health Department, for his exceptionally valuable
administrative advice and friendship and Mrs. Pointer, Divisional
Health Visitor, for her imaginative help, especially in setting up
the Health Centre for the Elderly. My thanks are also due to all
the other members of the Public Health Department for their
loyalty, efficiency and friendship.
I am, Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
J. B. MORWOOD
Medical Officer of Health
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