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APPENDIX 1.
MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) Letters to Doctors.
Letters on the following subjects were circulated
to Friern Barnet practitioners during 1956, some being
sent under my signature as Medical Officer of Health
and others either as Area Medical Officer, District
School Medical Officer, or jointly. As all the
matters covered in these letters had a direct bearing
on the health of at least a section of the community,
and as it is extremely difficult to divide one's
responsibility in such a vital matter as that of
health, I have included all the topics covered:
Exclusion from school for Winter Vomiting
or Dysentery.
Winter Vomiting, Dysentery and Poliomyelitis,
(hygienic precautions in schools)
Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis.
Inoculation against Poliomyelitis.
Circulation of Public Health Services Handbook.
Collection of Laboratory Specimens(Holiday periods).
I have set out this list of letters in detail, as
I hold very strongly that the transfer of information
between the Public Health Department(and Area Health
Office) and general practitioners is of the utmost
importance. I am very happy to say that, as has
been the case since I took up my duties in Friern
Barnet, the relationship between the Public Health
Department, and general practitioners is close and
cordial. We, on our part, try to keep the general
practitioner fully acquainted with changes in policy,
and with any matters of topical importance.
General practitioners reciprocate by letting me know
of incidents occurring in their practice which may
have epidemiological significance. As I have
indicated, this two-way traffic is most valuable.
In this connection, I might also say that a great
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