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APPENDIX 1.
MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) Letters to Doctors.
.Letters on the following subjects were
circulated to Friern Barnet practitioners during 1957,
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:
Antitoxins and Antigens
Asian Flu
Infectious Disease Regulations
Poliomyelitis
Smallpox
Collection of Laboratory Specimens
(Holiday periods)
The remarks sot out in my Annual Report for 1956
relating to the value of close co-operation with general
practitioners holds as firmly to-day as it did then.
I am still very happy to think that the relationship of
the Public Health Department with the family doctor is
close and cordial, and that this cordial bond is playing
a truly significant part in helping to maintain the
health of the district.
(b) Medica1 Examinations .
During 1957 eleven medical examinations were
carried out in respect of entrants to the Council's
service.
In addition, two medical reports were issued
relating to employees absent from duty for more than
a short period through sickness.
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