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will certainly be desirable carefully to assess the value
and cost of all treatments, now that the all embracing
arm; and rate aided purse of the health authority are
expected to meet so many health problems. It is clear
that the scene is changing,, no longer do we have to be
concerned with the orthopaedic problems of Rickets,
Tuberculosis and Poliomyelitis, but of much less serious
but none the less worrying problems of inherited defects
and accident sequelae. It is therefore from surveys by
health officers, by research into the problems of genetics,
and the use of health education to prevent accidents,
and promote healthy living that we must hope for future
progress to be made.
The report would not be to my satisfaction if I were
not once again to express my appreciation of the work of
the officers who have all played their part so fully in
carrying out the detailed work so necessary to a successfully
accomplished job. The loss of the Public Health
Department Chief Clerk, Mr. Birrell, by retirement at the
end of his service, has indeed been a great loss to the
department. His work was always exemplary, and Ealing has
cause to be grateful for his conscientious service in its
interest. We wish him every happiness in his retirement
from a job well done.
Your obedient servant,
W. G. BOOTH,
Medical Officer of Health.