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Notwithstanding the inadequacy of the premises, the work that
is being done in the Edmonton Chest Clinic is worthy of the
highest praise.
With regard to other clinic accommodation, there is some
satisfaction that at an early date two Day Nurseries, which had
given good service for the children of the district in the past,
will soon be converted into clinics for mothers and children.
The state of health in Edmonton continues to be satisfactory.
The efforts made by your Officers in the past, as well as the
present, are bearing good fruit, and as a result of these efforts
the people of this district are becoming more health conscious.
The old traditional methods are disappearing, and the young
mothers who are coming along are more ready to accept new
methods, and indeed seek after knowledge of such methods.
Progress is being made in a slow but sure way, but the coordinated
effort necessary for the complete success of the National
Health Service Act is still lacking and will continue to be so until
premises are established where the various interests of medicine
can be administered under one roof.
The Local Health Authority officers are to some extent
hindered in their efforts because they are not free to treat their
own patients except in a small and limited way. The School Health
Service, the General Practitioners as well as the Hospitals still
remain a divided service, although great efforts are being made
to bring them together. It is not any fault of the Officers themselves,
but due to carrying out their duties in premises so far apart.
This is also inconvenient for the patients, referring them at one
time to the General Practitioners and another time to the Hospitals.
Another factor which should receive some consideration in the near
future is the multiplicity of controls set up under the National
Health Service Act. This is proving to be an embarrassment to
Health Administration and interferes with the smooth working of
the Services in the interests of those whom the Act was intended
to serve.
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