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Again this year real progress has been made in the maternity
and child welfare services, with an additional ante-natal and four
additional infant welfare weekly clinics to record together with
the increase in the accommodation of the municipal maternity home
to a total of twenty-two beds. In the school medical service
a new specialist ear nose and throat clinic has commenced in
conjunction with the new operative scheme - and this will I think
be much appreciated in the area.
One other feature of 1943 should be mentioned and that is the
programme of health education undertaken during the year. The
cinema film shows, mainly of sound films, have been quite popular
and justified the time required for their organisation, and the
health discussions thus engendered particularly within the Youth
Organisations have been encouraging.
The printing of this report is a new departure for the
department, and it has often been difficult to decide just what
to leave out. In this venture I have been ably assisted by my
clerical staff who have all given of their spare time to its
compilation. In particular I would mention the chief clerk,
Mr. H.M. Coles, who has constantly aided a d abetted, and to whom
the production of the graph contrasting the two, measles epidemics
is wholly due.
In conclusion I wish to thank the many friends the department
has in the Council for their help and guidance, and particularly
the staff of the department who have been so loyal during our
strenuous endeavours.
i. am,
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
Medical officer of Health.
July 1944.