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Telephone: Health Department,
ROMFORD 66999 Mercury House,
Mercury Gardens,
ROMFORD, RM1 3DS
To The Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the London Borough of Havering
Mr Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I present my report on the work of the Health Department
for the year 1972
This has been a year of quiet expansion and consolidation
in all aspects of the Health Department's work The upheaval of
the move to Mercury House during July was achieved without too
much disruption of vital services by the goodwill and helping
hands of a few indefatigable members of staff
Throughout 1972 the reorganisation of the National Health
Service continued in the planning stage The decisions regarding
the composition of Area Health Authorities for the London region
were delayed until the end of the year due to the complexity of
the problem The announcement that Barking and Havering would
together constitute an Area Health Authority enabled a Joint
Liaison Committee to be formed and to commence meeting before
the end of the year
Before the next year's Annual Report can be compiled the
Reorganised National Health Service will have been established
so that this may indeed be the last Annual Report to appear in
;jrint, but nevertheless the vital work of the Health Department,
under maybe a new guise, will continue to promote the health
and wellbeing of fhMy thanks are due to the Chairman and members of the
Housing and He-lth Services Committee and the Council and to
the staff of the Department and to the wide range of professional
colleagues a d /oluntiry workers whose co-operation and goodwill
is so important in the efficient provision of services to the
public
I am,
Mr vlayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
F.GROARKE
Medical Officer of Health
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